Training course for talents

Ralf Rangnick is looking for Austria’s stars of the future

Ralf Rangnick takes a close look at young players.(Bild: GEPA)

Around a month after the round of 16 exit at the European Championship in Germany, Austria's soccer team boss Ralf Rangnick is already working on the future in the truest sense of the word. For the third time, the German is inviting the talented ÖFB players born between 2005 and 2008 to take part in a training course from July 28 to 31 in Lindabrunn. 29 outfield players and four goalkeepers have been called up.

"We want to show the country's most talented players what is important in the national team, we want to encourage and challenge them so that they are best prepared for future tasks," Rangnick explained in an ÖFB statement on Tuesday. "Especially when we see that the amount of playing time for young Austrian players in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 is continuously decreasing, we have to place even more emphasis on the development of our talents so that they are prepared for professional soccer in the best possible way."

In addition to Rangnick and his team, ÖFB sports director Peter Schöttel, Günter Kreissl (Head of Project12, Head of Goalkeeping) and all ÖFB team managers will also take part in the training course.