The Lugano Chronicle
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the Lugano board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Lugano give the job to Christian Seferovic
The club looked outside for a month, found nothing it preferred, and handed the job to the man who had been doing it anyway. He knows the building; now he has to prove he knows the rest.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Lugano
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Oliver Dovin
Lugano asked and Coventry City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Jul 2027
Ruben Aebischer steps up from the Lugano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruben Aebischer has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Lugano promote Noah Embolo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Noah Embolo 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Albian Mvogo steps up from the Lugano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Albian Mvogo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Denis Xhaka joins the Lugano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denis Xhaka is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Lugano keep their word to Anto Grgic
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
In brief
- Loan watch Elias Pihlström counts the days
- The dugout Anto Grgic is playing like a man with something to prove
- The dugout Beckham Castro knocks on the manager's door