Bulls snare Betis centre-back

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Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) have signed a Spanish defender while denying interest in a striker from the country. The Bulls said today (Tues) they secured the services of Chema Anton. The 22-year-old will join the Austrian vice champions from Betis Sevilla. RBS previously snared Swedish midfielder  Rasmus Lindgren from Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam and Finnish […]

Bulls want Barca star

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Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) are eyeing up a versatile striker currently playing for UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona, it has emerged. The Austrian Bundesliga vice champions are about to sign Jonathan Soriano who netted 32 times for Barca’s second team in Spain’s Segunda Division last year, according to sport newspapers. No other player scored […]

Arnautovic gains undesired fame in UK

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A disputed Austrian footballer has made an English newspaper’s top unwanted list. Marko Arnautovic is among the 26 players listed by The Guardian in its new “Europe’s most unwanted” chart. The 22-year-old joined German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for around seven million Euros after Italian giants Inter decided not to keep him for longer after […]

Van Persie and de Jong await Austria

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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong may make a comeback in the Dutch national team against Austria.The Premiership stars were called up by manager Bert van Marwijk for the match against Dietmar Constantini’s team. The friendly is set to take place in Rotterdam next Wednesday (9 February).The 22-member squad […]

Bilic set for Hajduk return

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Former Rapid Vienna star Mate Bilic is considering ending his career in his homeland, according to reports in Croatian papers today (Fri).The 30-year-old Sporting de Gijon ace is currently being targeted by Croatian top-flight club HNK Hajduk Split, according to the Croatian Times newspaper. Bilic played for the vice champions between 1997 and 2001 before […]

Inter snare Knasmüllner

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An up-and-coming Austrian footballer has joined 2010 UEFA Champions League winners Inter.Christoph Knasmüllner’s agent Otto Hauptmann said today (Thurs) that the midfielder’s current club Bayern Munich had agreed with the Italian giants on a transfer.Knasmüllner, who joined the German Bundesliga champions from the youth department of Austrian Bundesliga Austria Vienna in 2008, will undergo medical […]

Arnautovic snubs Wolfsburg opportunity

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Marko Arnautovic has dismissed claims he considers teaming up with Steve McClaren again.The Austrian national team striker, who joined struggling German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen from 2010 Champions League winners Inter last summer, has been linked to VfL Wolfsburg.Wolfsburg boss McClaren coached the 21-year-old striker at Dutch side Twente Enschede some years ago, and German […]

Romania minus Mutu face Italy in Klagenfurt

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Shamed Fiorentina star Adrian Mutu will not be part of the Romanian team taking on 2006 world champions Italy in a friendly in Austria tomorrow (Weds).Manager Razvan Lucescu decided not to call up the 31-year-old striker who recently made a comeback following a nine-months suspension for doping, according to a report by the Romanian Times.The […]

CSKA sack coach after losing against Rapid

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CSKA Sofia have dismissed their coach after a bitter 0-2 defeat against 32-time Austrian league champs Rapid Vienna last night (Thurs).Officials for the Bulgarian side announced today that Macedonian Gjore Jovanovski had been dismissed with immediate effect. It was the seventh time the club parted company with a head coach this year.Club President Dimitar Borisov […]

Hesselink may face criminal charges over foul

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Rapid Vienna star Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink may face legal action over a foul in a Bundesliga match earlier this week.Ex-Austrian national team midfielder Stefan Lexa suffered a ripped collateral ligament and a partly torn cruciate ligament in a tackle by the Dutchman in SV Ried’s 3-1 victory over Rapid on Wednesday.Ried prosecutor Alois Ebner […]