Patrick Pentz Vor Austria

With regular keeper Patrick Pentz, the Viennese Austria is facing a painful departure. The violets are already looking for goalkeepers.

Patrick Pentz's contract ends in Vienna favorites in summer. Interest in the Neo-ÖFB team player is great, remaining in the violets unlikely. Even if Austria is still hoping for an extension of the contract, alternatives are already being dealt with.

"There is a very attractive offer on its side. Of course, the association has to meet its duty of care and also see where we stay. It can happen that it will find something else in a few weeks. Then we are there and have no alternative. Patrick knows that we are looking for goalkeeper. There are very exciting candidates. But we want to do it primarily with him. We would have a plan B and C. Plan D, "says Austria sports director Manuel Ortlechner Sky.

Most recently, the violets were associated with Bayern talent Christian Früchtl. Laola1 now also brings SV-Ried keeper Samuel Sahin-Radlinger into play. A transfer fee would be due for the 29-year-old.

Ortlechner: Braunöder? "Hype was created"

Overall, Austria is facing a medium-heavy squad break in summer: "If you know that with Markus Suttner and Alexander Grünwald, two Austria icons of the tens decade end their careers, so there will certainly be a lot of heart pain on the last match day," said Ortlechner.

But Matthias Braunöder, who is killed by TSG Hoffenheim, should remain. "After he has a contract, I assume that it stays. We want that too. We also offered him to stretch his contract paper for longer. He is not averse to the whole. But he also knows which hype around him was created. His management also makes it very clever. He generally has to weigh it, where he sees himself in his development, "said Ortlechner.

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"With us he enjoys full trust and we want to build on him. If I would put myself in him, there would be no reprehensible to further stretch the contract paper. has the worst address we are not in Austria. The next few weeks will show.