The Austria Wien Post
Squad11 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Fabian Schnellhardt
32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Austria Wien lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market11 Jan 2027
Abdoulaye Kanté has said yes to Mattersburg
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Austria Wien have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Philipp Hoffmann keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Austria Wien may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
The paperwork begins on German Onugkha
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Austria Wien have done the hard part with Rodina, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Alerrandro turns down Austria Wien
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: CSKA Moscow keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Lee Tae-Suk signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lee Tae-Suk and Austria Wien agree another 4 years.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Sanel Šaljić is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.13 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Austria Wien know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Samuel Sahin-Radlinger in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Austria Wien this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
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In brief
- The dugout Reinhold Ranftl gets picked when it counts
- Market Talks stall between Austria Wien and Mirko Kos
- The dugout Noah Botic asks for a word with the manager