The Neuchâtel Xamax Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bruno Caslei arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Bruno Caslei has, at Neuchâtel Xamax, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Azaouagh due for a Neuchâtel Xamax medical
Everything agreed with another club, 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
Tempers go at Neuchâtel Xamax
Simon Enzler 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
A row about effort at Neuchâtel Xamax
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Léo Seydoux was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Neuchâtel Xamax rebuffed over Mattia Zanotti
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Lugano have kept their man, and Neuchâtel Xamax go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Simon Zakaria joins the Neuchâtel Xamax first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Zakaria 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
Neuchâtel Xamax promote Michel Fernandes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michel Fernandes 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
Neuchâtel Xamax promote Steven Freuler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven 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
One of our own: Ruben Okafor joins the Neuchâtel Xamax first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruben Okafor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Simon Enzler
- Match A bad afternoon for Neuchâtel Xamax against Yverdon
- Squad Nassim Ben Khalifa is a square peg at Neuchâtel Xamax