The Luzern Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Metinho due for a Luzern medical
Everything agreed with Basel, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market17 Aug 2026
Luzern say no — this time
The offer from Young Boys for Pascal Loretz was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $6.0M for Alex Valera
Luzern have gone to Universitario with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Luzern bid $1.5M for Malamine Efekele
The offer went to St. Gallen this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Lars Villiger again
The phone has started ringing about Lars Villiger again, and this time the name on the line is Young Boys. Luzern are listening politely and promising nothing.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Matteo di Giusto was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Luzern
Leonardo Bertone and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Luzern rebuffed over Seedy Jatta
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sturm Graz have kept their man, and Luzern go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match15 Aug 2026
Luzern see off Grasshopper
Three points for Luzern, 1‑0 the final word against Grasshopper in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Squad Severin Ottiger falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Adrian Grbić in the eights
- Squad The formation has left Christoph Zimmermann behind