The First Vienna Gazette
Market26 Jul 2027
Benjamin Rosenberger 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 The request is on a desk at First Vienna, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market26 Jul 2027
First Vienna say no — this time
The offer from Austria Lustenau for Luca Edelhofer 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
No thanks: Giacomo Gabbiani rejects the move
First Vienna had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cremonese, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at First Vienna
Quincy Butler 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.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at First Vienna
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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Norwich City tell First Vienna: Vladan Kovačević is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market26 Jul 2027
First Vienna promote Stefan Grillitsch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Grillitsch 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: Patrick Lainer joins the First Vienna first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Lainer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words at First Vienna training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Dantas is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at First Vienna
- Loan watch Louis Birkhahn has seen enough of Stripfing
- The dugout When it matters, Nikola Maraš plays