The Austria Wien Post
Market31 Jul 2028
Austria Wien say no — this time
The offer from IFK Goteborg for Peter Wober was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Austria Wien
Samuel Sahin-Radlinger was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Wanyson is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Graduation day at Austria Wien
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Reinhold Ranftl falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Manprit Sarkaria has improved at 31, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
The terraces31 Jul 2028
Austria Wien supporters have found a favourite in Sanel Šaljić
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Sanel Šaljić has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market31 Jul 2028
One of our own: Martin Weimann joins the Austria Wien first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Weimann is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market31 Jul 2028
One of our own: Peter Lienhart joins the Austria Wien first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Lienhart is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Austria Wien promote Marcel Posch from within
- Match Austria Wien get the job done against Wolfsberger AC
- Player ratings Sanel Šaljić in the eights