The Rapperswil-Jona Chronicle
Market19 Feb 2029
José Muro asks to leave Rapperswil-Jona
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Feb 2029
João Oliveira in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rapperswil-Jona this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Rapperswil-Jona
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stéphane Cueni was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets19 Feb 2029
Door shut on Malik Deme
Rapperswil-Jona asked and Zurich said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Fabricio Ramos wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Rapperswil-Jona can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Market19 Feb 2029
Still no signature from Carlos Quiñónez
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Rapperswil-Jona could get for him.
Market19 Feb 2029
Still no ink between Rapperswil-Jona and Paulo Sánchez
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Rapperswil-Jona, another week without a signature from Paulo Sánchez.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Mickaël Ribeiro still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Rapperswil-Jona would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Market19 Feb 2029
Fabio Lymann placed on the list
Rapperswil-Jona have made Fabio Lymann available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- The dugout Juan González asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom The Rapperswil-Jona production line keeps running
- The dugout Hagen Schneider keeps his manager's vote