Nico Benito

Striker - Free Agent
7 Mar 2027
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Marked for Nico Benito

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The Zurich Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Zurich rebuffed over Konstantin Tyukavin

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dinamo Moscow have kept their man, and Zurich go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Umeh Emmanuel, 21, steals the show — 7.78

Marked 7.78 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market24 Aug 2026

Zurich say no — this time

The offer from Nea Salamis for Sekou Diawara 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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Kevin Spadanuda runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Zurich training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lindrit Kamberi 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Zurich come up short against Lugano

Lugano left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Zurich

Brando Moruzzi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Livano Comenencia gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Granit Gavranovic to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

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The Zurich Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No deal for Fiete Arp at that price

Zurich offered $9.0M; OB said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market10 Aug 2026

Zurich turn down Young Boys for Valon Berisha

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Zurich bid $880.0K for Ashvin Balaruban

The offer went to Thun 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Zurich

Zinho Vanheusden and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market10 Aug 2026

Utrecht are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Zurich will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Philippe Keny gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Albian Widmer joins the Zurich first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Albian Widmer 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: Nico Benito joins the Zurich first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nico Benito is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief