The Grodig Courier
Market26 Jul 2027
Léon Pöhls hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Grodig can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Grodig
Thomas Ilsanker and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Grodig
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market26 Jul 2027
David Kalajdzic steps up from the Grodig academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Kalajdzic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market26 Jul 2027
Grodig promote Maximilian Lazaro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maximilian Lazaro has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Andreas Onisiwo joins the Grodig first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andreas Onisiwo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Grodig sign off a bigger ground
A capacity of 798 on the plans. A decision judged twenty years from now, by people who were not in the room and will have opinions anyway.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
A loan move for Christian Zawieschitzky is in the works
Grodig have made the call to Red Bull Salzburg. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Grodig ask about Emmanuel Agyemang
A loan enquiry to Wolfsberger AC: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad Nino Lesjak falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Benedek Simon asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager makes Léon Pöhls a promise