The Vaduz Gazette
Squad14 Jul 2031
The knee: Brian Beyer out for 111 days
111 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Vaduz lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The terraces14 Jul 2031
The mood at Vaduz has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market14 Jul 2031
Josip Bralić asks to leave Vaduz
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Jul 2031
Silvan Benito is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Transfer targets14 Jul 2031
The paperwork begins on Timo Schreuder
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Vaduz have done the hard part with St. Gallen, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad14 Jul 2031
Gregor Schmidt gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Gregor Schmidt has just signed for Vaduz, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets14 Jul 2031
Door shut on Mirko Salvi
Vaduz asked and Sion said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad14 Jul 2031
A row about effort at Vaduz
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Diogo Martins was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Jul 2031
The manager makes an example of Cristóbal Tobar
“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.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Vaduz on Gregor Schmidt
- Market Fernando Niño told to find a new club
- The dugout Rion Zejnullahu knocks on the manager’s door