The Luzern Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Gianluca Scamacca
Luzern asked and Atalanta said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luzern say no — this time
The offer from Lecco for Lars Villiger 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tim Meyer due for a Luzern medical
Everything agreed with Grasshopper, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matteo di Giusto stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matteo di Giusto and Luzern agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Leonardo Bertone 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 Luzern this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Sinan Karweina was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luzern promote Silvan Freuler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Silvan Freuler 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luzern promote Haris Kobel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Haris Kobel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luzern promote Michel Shaqiri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michel Shaqiri 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Adrian Grbić stands above it all
- Squad 6 new faces, and Luzern are still learning each other
- The dugout Luzern pick somebody else ahead of Tyron Owusu