The Rapperswil-Jona Chronicle
Squad12 Jun 2028
Ivann Strohbach damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market12 Jun 2028
Christ Batola hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rapperswil-Jona can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Rapperswil-Jona
Guillermo Padula and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Antonios Papadopoulos 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.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Rapperswil-Jona rebuffed over Benedikt Börner
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Aarau have kept their man, and Rapperswil-Jona go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
A loan move for Benedikt Börner is in the works
Rapperswil-Jona have made the call to Aarau. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
Antonios Papadopoulos asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
Gavin Vlijter has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rapperswil-Jona will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
The manager has not finished forgetting Stijn Keller's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- Squad Haris Aebischer is a square peg at Rapperswil-Jona
- Market Rapperswil-Jona and Malcolm Cacutalua are talking past each other
- The dugout Yannis Ryter has been promised minutes