The Red Bull Salzburg Post
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
Fee done, terms next for Leander Popp
Red Bull Salzburg and Karlsruher SC have settled on $4.2M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Red Bull Salzburg tie Maximilian Arnautovic down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Red Bull Salzburg
Frans Krätzig 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.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Red Bull Salzburg
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.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
Oliver Skipp gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The terraces31 Jul 2028
One of their own: Gaoussou Diakité
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match29 Jul 2028
Red Bull Salzburg find a way past Hartberg
Hartberg made Red Bull Salzburg work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market31 Jul 2028
Florian Prass steps up from the Red Bull Salzburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Florian Prass 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.
Market31 Jul 2028
Red Bull Salzburg promote Andreas Grillitsch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andreas 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.
In brief
- Market Marcel Lindner steps up from the Red Bull Salzburg academy
- Market Martin Trimmel steps up from the Red Bull Salzburg academy
- Player ratings Frans Krätzig was on a different afternoon to everybody else