{"id":51254,"date":"2026-05-04T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51254"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:16:19","slug":"brentford-close-in-on-e20m-signing-of-austrian-starlet-jannik-schuster-from-rb-salzburg-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/brentford-close-in-on-e20m-signing-of-austrian-starlet-jannik-schuster-from-rb-salzburg-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford close in on \u20ac20m signing of Austrian starlet Jannik Schuster from RB Salzburg: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Brentford are on the verge of securing a major defensive reinforcement as they near a deal to sign highly-rated Austrian centre-back <strong>Jannik Schuster<\/strong> from <strong>RB Salzburg<\/strong>. According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the clubs have reached a verbal agreement on a \u20ac20 million package, with the deal expected to be completed soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCLUSIVE: Brentford are closing in on deal to sign Austrian centre back Jannik Schuster from RB Salzburg!<\/p>\n<p>Deal almost done for \u20ac20m package with club to club agreement verbally in place.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go, soon. \ud83d\udc1d\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zDImlouFdT\">pic.twitter.com\/zDImlouFdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2051257324770033909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Who is Jannik Schuster? Profile and Background<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Born on May 16, 2006, in Hall in Tirol, Austria, the 19-year-old defender stands at an imposing <strong>1.90m (6\u20193\u2033)<\/strong> tall. He primarily plays as a centre-back and is known for his physical presence, aerial ability, and composure on the ball.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Schuster progressed through the Red Bull Salzburg academy after joining from local side SPG Mieminger Plateau. He has featured for Salzburg\u2019s first team in the Austrian Bundesliga during the 2025\/26 season, making around 19 appearances, scoring 1 goal, and earning strong ratings. He has also gained experience with feeder club Liefering and in European competitions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Key Strengths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>Dominant in the air<\/li>\n<li>Right-footed<\/li>\n<li>Versatile in defensive setups<\/li>\n<li>Experience at youth international level with Austria U21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">His market value has risen quickly, with estimates around \u20ac2m+ prior to this move, making the \u20ac20m fee a significant investment in a young talent with high upside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford are on the verge of securing a major defensive reinforcement as they near a deal to sign highly-rated Austrian\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":51255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51258,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51254\/revisions\/51258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}