Invitation to the perspective course: Will Bayern talent Wanner play for Austria soon?

Bayern talent Paul Wanner will take part in a sighting course run by the Austrian Football Association for the first time at the end of November. So far, the German-Austrian has played for the DFB.

As the ÖFB announced, the decision was made after discussions with Wanner and his environment. The 16-year-old, whose father is from Germany and his mother from Austria, has played 15 junior internationals for the German team to date. Wanner also took part in the U17 European Championship for the DFB.

The Austrian sighting course will take place from November 21st to 25th in Pula, Croatia and will include players born between 2000 and 2005. “The squad does not claim to be complete, there are also many other players on our watch list. I think that we have an interesting mix here,” explained ÖFB sports director Peter Schöttel.

Schöttel, who, in addition to his sporting director role, also looks after the senior national team as an assistant coach, had already revealed in February that he wanted to try to get Wanner to change associations. At that time, the midfielder had just played his first professional game and had become the youngest player in the history of FC Bayern.

Due to the better sporting perspectives in the German team, he only reckoned his chances of winning Wanner over to the ÖFB to be slim. “But I have to do my job,” Schöttel emphasized at the time.

Now his efforts seem to be bearing fruit. However, the coming months, probably even years, will have to show which association Wanner ultimately chooses.

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This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as.