Alexander Briedl will join Aberdeen this summer.<\/p>\n
The former Austria Under-21 international will officially become a Dons player on a two-year contract when his current deal expires, subject to international clearance and a UK visa.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old arrives after an impressive spell in his native Austria, where he established himself as an energetic and influential defensive midfielder.<\/p>\n
After completing his pre-contract paperwork, Briedl spoke of his excitement about signing for the Club.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt feels amazing to be signing for Aberdeen.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything happened very fast after I heard about the interest about two or three weeks ago. Of course, I knew about Aberdeen because they are one of the biggest Club\u2019s in Scotland.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve watched some games; I know it\u2019s physical here in Scotland and I am looking forward to challenging myself in a new league. I would say that I am good with the ball, technical player who can also press and win the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe manager directly welcomed me, and he told me about his vision for the Club. I want to help the team reach our goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the fans are very passionate here and I am looking forward to meeting them soon at Pittodrie\u201d.<\/p>\n
Alex came through the youth system at FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria before beginning his professional career with FC Leifering and then SV Horn. He then continued to develop his game at senior level at Blau-Weiss Linz after a move in 2020, earning praise for his versatility and consistency. <\/p>\n
Despite his age Alex arrives in Scotland with a good deal of experience under his belt and Dons boss Stephen Robinson was delighted to secure the young talented Austrian. <\/p>\n
Stephen said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really pleased to bring Alex to the Club. He\u2019s a player we\u2019ve been tracking closely, and he brings many of the qualities we\u2019re looking for in midfield. We believe his experience in the Austrian league will be a good fit for not only our league but also how we want to play here at Aberdeen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone at Aberdeen FC looks forward to welcoming Alex to Pittodrie this summer and wish him every success during his time here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Briedl will join Aberdeen this summer. The former Austria Under-21 international will officially become a Dons player…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-608699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}