The Basel Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Basel say no — this time
The offer from Thun for Metinho 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
Mattia Zanotti is a medical away from Basel
The deal with Lugano is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Basel bid $4.6M for Lars Villiger
The offer went to Luzern 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Justin Hammel
Basel asked and Grasshopper said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $870.0K for Renato Steffen
Basel have gone to Lugano with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Metinho signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Metinho and Basel agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Metinho 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 Basel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Flavius Daniliuc
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Grasshopper join the queue for Mirko Salvi
Add another name to the list: Grasshopper have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mirko Salvi. The answer from Basel has not changed — yet.
In brief
- Market Basel promote Cedric Comert from within
- Market Ruben Okafor steps up from the Basel academy
- Match A bad afternoon for Basel against Lugano