The Basel Courier
Match31 Jul 2027
Lukáš Provod wins the derby for Basel
Derby days make names, and Lukáš Provod made his against Zurich. 2‑0, bragging rights secured, and one half of town will be tired of hearing about him by Tuesday.
Match31 Jul 2027
Whatever happens, Basel do not lose
17 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Market2 Aug 2027
Terms done: Jonas Harder is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Novara waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Basel is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market2 Aug 2027
Marin Šotiček turns Tskhinvali down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
A derby belongs to Lukáš Provod
Beat anybody else and it is three points. Beat them and it is a story a city tells for a decade. Basel have their man.
Market2 Aug 2027
Bećir Omeragić raises the bar for Basel
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Basel heard it as anything else.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Lukáš Provod stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lukáš Provod and Basel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Basel
Manuel Akanji 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Basel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lukáš Provod 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.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Elias Pihlström
- Squad Basel count the cost of losing Haris Sommer
- The dugout The form table has caught Žan Celar