The Young Boys Chronicle
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
$16.6M settles it between the clubs for Philip Otele
Basel have accepted the money. What Young Boys do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Door shut on Lukas Daschner
Young Boys asked and St. Gallen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Young Boys close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 4 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Alvyn Sanches wants more than Young Boys are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Young Boys go back to the board over Philip Otele
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $19.2M — a club that wants Philip Otele enough to be asked twice.
Market1 Feb 2027
The Kévin Mouanga conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Helmond Sport will make the call about Kévin Mouanga this week. Young Boys have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Young Boys
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alan Virginius was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Christian Fassnacht slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Christian Fassnacht is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Simon Rodriguez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Simon Rodriguez and Young Boys agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout Cedric Teuchert gets picked when it counts
- Squad Lewin Blum loses the armband
- Market The Alvyn Sanches question follows Young Boys around