ÖFB team boss Rangnick wants mini-haaland and leadership quality

… about possible failures in the national team: “Xaver Schlager will be sure. Sasa Kalajdzic will certainly not be able to be there either. Max Wöber will be sure. Gernot Trauner will certainly also be a tight box. He has not been able to play for the last two weeks now. David Alaba played 73 minutes today, the first time from the start again since his injury. We have to do how he is together. ”

… about the exchange with his players: “We are already in regular exchange. For Christmas, every player receives a longer, personal WhatsApp message. With a review of the last few months with a status quo, but also with a view. We are already trying to get in touch with the players again and again. ”

… via a possible return from Aleksandar Dragovic to the team: “Nothing is excluded in football. But you always have to see the competitive situation in certain positions. Especially in the area of ​​central defense, we usually have players who play abroad for absolute top clubs. Of course it is possible. But in the end it is always the question of who we assess in which position how well. ”

… About possible talents that could move to the A team: “Of course, we wish that one or the other player will develop from the youth area in the next few years so that he can be an alternative for us. It doesn’t have to be an Erling Haaland right away. We would be very satisfied with a miniature edition of Erling Haaland. ”

… About the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico: “If we qualify when we are there, we want to get as far as possible. We saw what would have been possible at the euro. We could have come ahead. ”

… via contact with the ÖFB Presidium: “I have contact with Wolfgang Bartosch. We met immediately after he became the interim president. Since then we have always been on certain topics in telephone exchange. Otherwise, these are primarily Peter Schöttel, Bernhard Neuhold and my trainer colleagues. You don’t need more contact either. ”

… About the conflicts at that time in the ÖFB Presidium: “First for this presidium meeting. The then President Klaus Mitterdorfer asked me to take part in this session several times. I didn’t want that. I also told him several times that I don’t want to be there. But he really asked me to be there. And that was the only reason I was there. However, he apparently not informed all colleagues about it. And otherwise the only thing that interests me is the working conditions we have. With the team, the coaching staff and the players. Most players work abroad at top clubs. From there they are used to surrounding ourselves with people at a certain level. That’s why it doesn’t matter if, for example, a Bernhard Neuhold was no longer there. Then you can’t just remove it without replacement. And that is exactly what we as a player council, as a team and I also expressed as a team boss. If the quality suffers that we no longer have good working conditions, then it is the task of the Presidium to ensure that it is not the case. ”

… about the possible new presidency: “I am open to the best possible person, whether male or female. We need someone who has the right leadership qualities and both represented the country to the outside world and also presented the Presidium. We need a clear lead. Someone who specifies the way and, together with us, reduces the distance to the nations that are still in front of Austria. ”

… About a new nation stadium: “It is about Vienna as the second largest German -speaking city in Berlin, without any event arena. From 10,000 spectators upwards there is neither indoor nor outdoor any arena in which you can carry out events all year round. And that doesn’t make sense to me. The one city like Vienna, which together with Zurich is the most attractive city in the world that you don’t have. That would make Austria and the City of Vienna so much more attractive and sexier. In the end, this does not fail because of the money. If you really want that, you could play a Champions League final there again, a Europa League final. You could do all kinds of events and sports there. ”