The Grasshopper Post
Squad17 May 2027
A fracture rules Cristian Paredes out for 32 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grasshopper will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad17 May 2027
Words exchanged at Grasshopper
Josh Thomas 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.
Squad17 May 2027
A row about effort at Grasshopper
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Salifou Diarrassouba was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout17 May 2027
Óscar Clemente is still paying for one afternoon at Grasshopper
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Loan watch17 May 2027
Anderson Rodríguez has seen enough of Rapperswil-Jona
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Grasshopper, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Market17 May 2027
The Julian von Moos story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Julian von Moos signs something — a contract at Grasshopper or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout17 May 2027
The manager makes Óscar Correia a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Grasshopper. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout17 May 2027
Leart Kabashi 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.
Boardroom17 May 2027
Grasshopper keep producing them
12 graduates from an academy now rated 15 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
In brief
- Squad Silvan Comert is fit again
- Loan watch Luke Plange's loan at Stade Nyonnais nearly up