Blackburn Rovers have set their sights on Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic, according to British press reports.Newspapers report today (Mon) that the club managed by former Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce were ready to challenge Benfica in signing the Croat striker. The Portuguese sent scouts to several Rapid matches in the final weeks of last […]
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Austria Vienna sign rookie striker
Austria Vienna signed Under-19s national team ace Andreas Tiffner.Club bosses said today (Thurs) the 19-year-old striker will join them from third-league club Blau-Weiß Linz. They added Tiffner who netted 10 times in 25 matches last season signed a two-year deal with an option on another season.Club executive manager Thomas Parits said: “Im convinced […]
Red Bull Salzburg star Mark Janko has been linked with a move to Dutch champions Twente Enschede.The 26-year-old striker is considering leaving the club he joined five years ago after falling out with coach Huub Stevens.Janko criticised the Dutchmans training methods and his way of dealing with people in an interview weeks ahead of last […]
Rapid to play RSC Anderlecht
Rapid Vienna will meet Belgian champions RSC Anderlecht in a pre-season friendly, club bosses have said.Rapid announced today (Weds) that the team will play against the side coached by Ariël Jacobs on 10 July at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna. The match will be the “final rehearsal” for the squad of Peter Pacult before […]
Nikica Jelavic may stay at Rapid Vienna as the striker joined his teammates for the pre-season training kick-off yesterday (Mon).The Croatian national team star has been linked with a move to Benfica after the Portuguese champions sent scouts to watch him performing for Rapid several times throughout the final weeks of the past season.Several German […]
Besiktas call off Vienna fixture
Besiktas cancelled a friendly against Austrian Bundesliga vice champions Austria Vienna.The Turkish giants announced today (Fri) they will not meet the team coached by former defender Karl Daxbacher at Viennas Franz Horr Stadium on 8 July.The club failed to give reasons for their change of mind, but it is assumed the twist had to do […]
Police have dismissed reports that a major prostitution Mafia player accused of torching a prostitute has been arrested.Viennese investigators announced today (Thurs) that the man caught in the Dutch city of Amsterdam earlier this week was not Romanian Adrian Bogdan Negrei but his cousin Nico Negrei.Police said the main suspect of the incident in front […]
LASK Linz have appealed to Rapid Vienna to show their cards in the potential transfer of Christoph Saurer.LASK coach Helmut Kraft said today (Mon) Rapid bosses should announce whether they were interested in signing the midfielder as speculations that Rapid manager Peter Pacult wanted the 24-year-old in his team continue.Kraft revealed Austria Kärnten star Leonard […]
Liverpool to play friendly in Vorarlberg
Premiership giants Liverpool FC will play Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal in Altach, Vorarlberg, on 17 July.Organisers said today (Tues) the friendly will mark the 20th anniversary of the towns stadium which used to be called Schnabelholz. The venue, which has a capacity of 8,500, was recently renamed Cashpoint Arena after the local second-league teams main […]
Herzog says Werder must snatch Arnautovic
Former national team captain Andreas Herzog has appealed to bosses at his former club Werder Bremen to sign Marko Arnautovic.The 21-year-old striker is currently looking for a new club after leaving Champions League winners Inter after just one year. Arnautovic is still owned by his former club Twente Enschede. But the Vienna-born player already made […]