Red Bull Salzburg continues to play rumor-mill whack-a-mole (whack-a-rumor?) with great proficiency. In the last month, Papa Red Bull's Austrian club has been besieged by the rumor mill's conviction that head coach Oscar Garcia is on his way to a new gig.
Before the turn of the year, it did indeed appear likely that Garcia would be heading to Spain to manage Malaga. But Salzburg rallied, the threat was averted, and by December 28, Kurier's Stephan Blumenschein was providing an account of the club's position: Garcia's contract had been extended to 2018 in the summer; the coach had set himself the target of seeing it through (to become the longest-serving head coach at Salzburg since the Red Bull takeover); there is no exit clause in Garcia's contract, so any question of leaving has to be agreed - presumably with a fee - by the club.