Luis Torres

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20 Feb 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Luis Torres

29 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Stephan Seiler hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Vaduz can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout

Nicolas Hasler keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Vaduz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

A falling-out at Vaduz

Loris Benito and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Vaduz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Niklas Lang is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

A last season at home is what Mauro Caballero is after

It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout

No hiding place for Hugo Oviedo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hugo Oviedo, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Loris Benito knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Loris Benito trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

The formation has left Raymond Matlamela behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Vaduz will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

The manager makes Óscar Salinas a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Vaduz. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

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27 Edition

The Vaduz Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Leon Ćuk puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vaduz, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Vaduz say no — this time

The offer from Luzern for Jonathan de Donno 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.

Boardroom

Vaduz close the window on a squad of their own making

7 in and 3 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets

Altin Shala is a medical away from Vaduz

The deal with Sion is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Luis Torres arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Luis Torres has, at Vaduz, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad

Tempers go at Vaduz

Loris Benito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

The town asked, and Vaduz paid $1.0M

Christian Fassnacht was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $1.0M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Squad

A row about effort at Vaduz

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luca Mack was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Luis Torres signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luis Torres and Vaduz agree another 3 years.

In brief