The deal is done. Nikolas Veratschnig, the 23-year-old Austria midfielder, is leaving Mainz 05 to join RB Salzburg, with the move now confirmed. The fee under discussion has been pitched between £1.3m and £1.9m, comfortably above his market value of around £1m. There is no rival bidder to muddy the picture — Salzburg are the sole destination, and the agreement is settled rather than merely mooted. The word comes directly from 1. FSV Mainz 05 themselves, reported within the last few hours and rated highly for reliability at 95/100. When the selling club confirms a departure on its own account, you are dealing with the strongest possible kind of sourcing — not a speculative link from a single outlet, but an official line from one of the parties to the transaction. The engine reads this at 100%, the firmest reading available. That figure reflects a transfer that has crossed from negotiation into confirmation: terms aligned, club agreement reached, no competing suitor left to gazump it. There is effectively nothing outstanding that could realistically derail it. The number is where it is because the deal is, to all intents, complete. The history fits neatly. Veratschnig has trodden this exact path before — Mainz to Salzburg for £3m in 2026 — and arrived at Mainz from Wolfsberger AC for £1m in 2024. Against those benchmarks, the current fee sits well within familiar territory for his moves. With confirmation already in hand, the only things left to watch are the formalities: the medical, the signature and the official club announcements rubber-stamping a switch that is already settled.