Arsenal, Everton and Sunderland were amongst a group of clubs to send scouts to this evening's international friendly between Austria and the Netherlands in Vienna.

Austria, who are preparing for Euro 2016 which the Netherlands have missed out on, went down to goals in either half to lose the warm-up fixture 2-0.




The Netherlands' goals came from AZ Alkmaar's prolific striker Vincent Janssen and Newcastle United midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum.

And there were no shortage of scouts from various clubs in the stands to soak up the action, checking up on potential transfer targets as the summer window heats up.
 


According to Austrian daily the Kleine Zeitung, English clubs Arsenal, Everton, Sunderland and West Brom were represented.

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German Bundesliga sides sent scouts too, with Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Monchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Schalke, Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen all having talent spotters at the game.

Italian sides Inter, Juventus, Sampdoria and Napoli were represented, while Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk had one of their scouts watch the match.