Raphael Lienhart

Left Forward - Admira Wacker
26 Aug 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Raphael Lienhart

78 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Raphael Lienhart keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Admira Wacker may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Transfer targets

Phillipe Gabriel is a medical away from Admira Wacker

The deal with Borussia Dortmund is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Words exchanged at Admira Wacker

Yanis Guermouche and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Admira Wacker rebuffed over Kévin Boma

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Red Bull Salzburg have kept their man, and Admira Wacker go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jakub Nečas

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Sebastian Bauer 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.

The dugout

Cristian Alomía gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Cristian Alomía is on it.

The dugout

The manager makes Namory Cissé a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Admira Wacker. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

Mateja Bubanj linked with a move away

The name of Mateja Bubanj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Admira Wacker say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
76 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Asdrúbal puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Admira Wacker, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

Pablo Santana: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Admira Wacker have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Words exchanged at Admira Wacker

Dominik Nišandžić and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Laurenz Orgler

Admira Wacker asked and Sturm Graz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Mateja Bubanj 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.

Transfer targets

Admira Wacker ask about Tobias Lawal

A loan enquiry to KAA Gent: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout

When it matters, Lukas Gugganig plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

Namory Cissé asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

No hiding place for Raphael Lienhart

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raphael Lienhart, and the manager let it.

In brief