2023-07-11 20:07:00
The SV Ried footballers started the penultimate week of preparation yesterday in the midsummer heat. The second division team will play their first competitive game on Saturday, July 22 (8:30 p.m.) in the ÖFB Cup at Hertha Wels. The last two preparatory games will take place this Friday. The first test will be at 2 p.m. in the Klaus Roitinger Stadium once morest the German regional league club Wacker Burghausen. At 6 p.m., the kick-off event once morest third-division side Unterhaching takes place in the Innviertel Arena. Sports director Wolfgang Fiala has been working intensively on squad planning for weeks, but it is not yet complete.
Yesterday, Nils Seufert, a 26-year-old central midfielder, was presented who was most recently under contract with the German second division club Greuther Fürth. “We need more ball security in midfield. Seufert has played more than 80 games in the first and second German Bundesliga. We are happy that we were able to sign a player of his caliber,” says Fiala.
Intensive striker search
However, this does not mean that Rieder’s “purchasing program” is over. “We’ll definitely get a left central defender and a center forward,” says Fiala. The goal scorer you are looking for is very likely to be a foreign player. “You can tell that the international market is slowly starting to move,” says Fiala, who is not irritated by the approaching start of the season with this important transfer. “We don’t want to and won’t make a quick shot, this transfer is far too important for that.” The attacker Kevin-Prince Milla, who was last tested once morest Budweis, is not an issue. The second test player, Hector Galiano (left defender, Hertha Wels), remains in view.
Asked regarding Stefan Nutz, currently injured and without a contract, who was linked yesterday with a move to St. Pölten, the big favorite for promotion, Fiala says: “I called his advisor at the weekend. He said that he needed to clarify a few things We tried very hard because we would like to keep the player. We have a very fair and appreciative offer, but of course the player has to decide for himself what is best for him.”
Question mark around Jurisic
The situation is different with left-back Roko Jurisic. The Croatian still has a contract with a fixed exit clause in Ried, but was released from training at his own request to look for a club. But it shouldn’t be as easy as the 21-year-old imagined. “Jurisic still doesn’t have a new club, so we’re going to turn it off now. He has to train with us once more, following all he has a valid contract,” says the sporting director.
The future of Michael Martin, who recently started individual training once more following his bone infection, is open. He has an exit clause, but no other club has paid the fixed transfer fee so far.
Aleksandar Lutovac also has a similar clause in his contract. “Here we would like a decision to be made as quickly as possible because of planning security,” says Fiala.
Denizcan Cosgun, on the other hand, is no longer an issue. “He no longer had a valid contract. We think he’s a good player and made him an offer. Even following asking three times, he hasn’t made a decision. Now the door is closed for us. I’ll say it in no uncertain terms: we just want still have players who give everything for this club. Every player has to identify 100 percent with SV Ried, the employees and of course our fans. If a player doesn’t want to go down this path with complete conviction, he’s out of place here “Fiala says.
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