The Zurich Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
St. Gallen 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ivan Cavaleiro
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Philippe Keny stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Philippe Keny and Zurich agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zurich
Juan-José Perea 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lindrit Kamberi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yanick Brecher
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yanick Brecher, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Zurich against Young Boys
- Market Nobody at Zurich has picked up the phone to Yanick Brecher
- Market Zurich buy the years ahead of Renato Xhaka
- Market Zurich sign Simon Benito, one for the future