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King draws blank from Fuchs
- Updated: October 5, 2016
Wales midfielder Andy King admits his attempt to get the inside track on Austria from Leicester team-mate Christian Fuchs ended in failure.
Fuchs announced his retirement from international football following Austria’s miserable Euro 2016 tournament, which saw them exit at the group stage.
Austria failed to win a game in France as Wales marched into the last four, but three months on, the two nations lead the way in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group ahead of their showdown in Vienna on Thursday night.
“I spoke to [Fuchs] about Austria last week,” King said, “but he’s not one to give too much away. He didn’t want to give me too many secrets and was speaking more about what went on with him.
“I know he was disappointed with how it ended because they’d had a good qualification with nine wins out of 10, then a disappointing Euros.
“It could make it tougher because they will want to show what they can do after the Euros and feel like they want another crack at a tournament.
“We know they are a good team and a lot of their players …
