Bayern Munich’s defense chief David Alaba has helped his financially troubled home club Austria Wien and acquired two percent of the club’s shares. As reported by the courier, the captain of the Austrian national football team is said to have paid a total of 500,000 euros.
In addition, Alaba (28), who was born in Vienna and made his breakthrough with the “Veilchen”, is to become the testimonial for the “Austria license-brand partnership for medium-sized companies”. The aim is to find medium-sized companies as new sponsors.
The traditional club had only received the license for the coming season in the second instance due to financial difficulties. Coach and sports director Peter Stöger, former head coach at 1. FC Köln and Borussia Dortmund, had previously announced that he would say goodbye to his troubled club in the summer. (AFP)