The Zurich Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Young Boys come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zurich did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zurich rebuffed over Senny Mayulu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Paris Saint-Germain have kept their man, and Zurich go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zurich bid $2.0M for Corsin Konietzke
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Philippe Keny stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Philippe Keny and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match8 Aug 2026
Zurich get the job done against Young Boys
A 2‑1 win over Young Boys, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Xherdan Akanji joins the Zurich first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Xherdan Akanji is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Xherdan Zakaria joins the Zurich first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Xherdan Zakaria is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zurich promote Granit Comert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Granit Comert has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Philippe Keny
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.32, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Bledian Krasniqi
- Squad A falling-out at Zurich
- The dugout No hiding place for Miguel Reichmuth