LASK Linz have set their sights on Red Bull Salzburg star Alexander Zickler.”We want to convince him that football would be fun again for him if he joins us,” LASK coach Helmut Kraft said today (Mon).Zickler is expected to leave the champions at the end of the season. The 36-year-olds contract with the “Bulls” expires […]
Austrian national team star Christian Fuchs is to get a new manager after VfL Bochum bosses sacked Heiko Herrlich today (Thurs).The German Bundesliga club decided to dismiss the former Borussia Dortmund striker after the team failed to win any of their past league ten matches.Herrlich took over from Swiss Marcel Koller only in October 2009.Former […]
Benfica have been revealed as the latest club targeting Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic.Austrian sports newspapers report today (Thurs) that the Lisbon-based side who currently lead the Portuguese league sent scouts to put an eye on the 24-year-old Croat in his teams match against Red Bull Salzburg last Friday. And dozens of scouts […]
Slovak midfielder Peter Hlinka is to leave Sturm Graz at the end of this season despite saying today (Thurs) he wanted to stay.”I havent spoken to [Sturm Graz executive manager] Oliver Kreuzer since winter. I always stressed I can imagine very well staying with Sturm. But what am I supposed to do if no one […]
Red Bull Salzburg have set their sights on Arsenal legend Jens Lehmann as keeper Eddie Gustafsson is ruled out for at least six months, it has been reported.Austrian press claimed today (Tues) that officials at the Austrian Bundesliga leaders considered approaching the 40-year-old VfB Stuttgart goalkeeper over a one-year deal.Lehmann however recently made clear the […]
A football coach kidnapped for one day in Moscow last year has been named new youth department and scouting operations coordinator at Austrian Bundesliga side Mattersburg.Club bosses said today (Tues) Gerhard Hitzel will come in this summer. They added the 62-year-old was expected to become an “interface” between the clubs youth academy, its amateur team […]
Bundesliga match action was overshadowed by a horrendous foul against Red Bull Salzburg keeper Eddie Gustafsson at the weekend.The Swede who captains the champions suffered a broken shin bone and calf bone when LASK Linz striker Lukas Kragl rammed his foot against his calf after he cleared a ball yesterday (Sun).The 33-year-old goalkeeper […]
Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz have set their sights on an up-and-coming Real Madrid player, the Austrian press has claimed.Sports newspapers report today (Fri) that the clubs executive manager Oliver Kreuzer flew to Spain to check out the skills of centre-back Gary Kagelmacher.The 21-year-old Uruguayan with German roots whose contract expires this summer […]
Austria Vienna star Rubin Okotie rubbished reports claiming he was eyeing a move to champions Red Bull Salzburg.The 22-year-old said yesterday (Tues): “I want to stress that there have been no talks at all from my side or by my management with Red Bull Salzburg or other clubs.”The striker is sidelined after suffering articular cartilage […]
Leo Windtner is to remain head of the Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB).A committee formed by the bodys nine provincial department chiefs and Bundesliga boss Hans Rinner decided to name Windtner as the only candidate for the post at the 30 May election.Windtner, who also acts as CEO of Linz-based electricity company Energie AG, became ÖFB […]