Sturm Graz currently sit in second place in the Austrian Bundesliga, 4 points off league leaders RB Salzburg in the closing stages of the season with a final in the OFB Cup on the horizon. Sturm Graz have displayed their excellent qualities to the whole of Europe, after an unforgettable...
On this episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully and co-host Bryant Marques scout RB Salzburg’s highly-rated Danish playmaker Maurits Kjærgaard. At 6’4”, Kjærgaard isn’t your stereotypical number ’10’ and has quite a unique style of play in football. With Italian trio Internazionale, Milan and Roma interested in...
SC Rheindorf Altach have gone through quite a turbulent spell over the last three years. Having been promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga in 2014, the side finished third at the first time of asking under Damir Canadi and qualified for the UEFA Europa League which was the club’s debut in...
Karim Konaté is one of the rising stars in the Red Bull network. He moved to RB Salzburg in July 2022 and is currently out on loan to second-league club FC Liefering which is part of the RB cosmos. Therefore, he also plays in the UEFA Youth League for RB...
After narrowingly escaping relegation and holding themselves to stay afloat in the top division with Burnley biting the dust, Leeds United are currently in the process of providing their new manager with good signings to help them stay in the Premier League for a fourth consecutive season. Jesse Marsch managed...
The talent ID at Red Bull has always been top-notch. Young players are quickly identified, scouted and secured before the competitors can even react. Of course, often, the franchise is a stepping stone; the means to achieve the goal rather than the goal itself. However, at the same time, it’s...
In our second data analysis piece on the Austrian Bundesliga, we will be looking out for the best full-backs currently playing in the league using data. Full-backs have come a long way in redefining their traits in the modern game. Gone are the days when they had a very limited task...
When the January transfer window opened, Sturm Graz decided to cash in on their star striker, Kelvin Yeboah; when Genoa, under new manager Alexander Blessin, spent €6.5 million to bring Yeboah to northern Italy. After selling their main striker, Sturm Graz looked to Denmark for their next young forward, bringing...
Marco Grüll is a 23-year-old left-winger currently playing for Rapid Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga. Grüll is in the middle of having an outstanding season, having notched 14 goals and seven assists in all competitions for Rapid Wien, and as a result, the Austrian international is likely garnering interest from...
During the summer, Red Bull Salzburg experienced great shocks as head coach, Jesse Marsch, departed along with several key players such as Patson Daka, Enock Mwepu, and André Ramalho. However, under the leadership of Matthias Jaissle, they achieved a historical breakthrough by entering the last-16 of the UEFA Champions League....
In this data analysis piece, we will be looking out for the best central midfielders currently playing in the 2021/22 Austrian Bundesliga using statistics. The best central midfielders are the most complete ones as modern managers are hugely dependent on their central midfielders for the team’s successful tactics. In our analysis, we will be...
RB Salzburg are a football club renowned for their ability to poach young talent from around the world and turn them into superstar calibre players; names like Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland come to mind. When looking at the current group of attackers linked with a move...
South America has played a pivotal part in the making of world-class footballers with fire, desire and grace. Carlos Tevez, Éver Banega and Juan Román Riquelme are some of the major success stories of Argentinian football, all graduating from the Boca Juniors academy in the 2000s. As of late, a...
Any football club with Red Bull connections commonly connotes the power of youth in the sport. Whether young players or up-and-coming managers, they are ready to display their reinvention and youthful outlook on the footballing landscape. RB Leipzig in Germany is at the top of the Red Bull hierarchy, but...
Who Is Karim Adeyemi? There are few clubs, if any, that have as impressive a track record and reputation for player identification and youth development as Red Bull (RB) Salzburg. Over the last 10 years, in particular, we have seen a plethora of young, talented players come through the Austrian...
Despite most eyes still being on Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé’s transfer sagas, there’s another young striker who is getting a lot of attention from some of the top European clubs: Karim Adeyemi from Red Bull Salzburg. The German forward has scored fifteen goals in 25 appearances so far this...
RB Salzburg has had a very impressive start to the season, with only one defeat in all competitions, which came on Tuesday night away at Wolfsburg in the Champions League. Salzburg is led by 33-year-old Matthias Jaissle, the German coach who has had big shoes to fill, replacing Jesse Marsch,...
The Red Bull network of clubs has become one of the best in the world at scouting and finding some of the best young players who they then develop and improve before selling them on for massive fees. The likes of Liverpool's Sadio Mané, Dominik Szoboszlai, Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland,...
The Austrian Bundesliga 2021/22 began with a clash between the champions RB Salzburg and Sturm Graz at the Merkur Arena on Friday night. This was Salzburg’s first league game since Matthias Jaissle replaced Jesse Marsch as the head coach and the team came back from behind to win the game by...
Earlier this week, we received confirmation of a transfer that many had been expecting for some time as Leicester City announced the signing of the 22-year-old Zambian forward Patson Daka from Red Bull Salzburg. The reported fee is approximately £22M, but even then, you might expect Salzburg to be more upset at losing...
