The Wil Chronicle
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the Wil 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for David Ivić
22 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Wil lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Julind Selmonaj breaks a bone — 68 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 68 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market19 Jul 2027
Wil turn down Zurich for Tim Staubli
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
The paperwork begins on Ashvin Balaruban
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Wil have done the hard part with Thun, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Wil
Markus Schubert and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Wil
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Orges Bunjaku pulls a muscle — 16 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 16 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Loris Okafor joins the Wil first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Loris Okafor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Loris Freuler joins the Wil first team
- Market Edimilson Fassnacht steps up from the Wil academy
- Boardroom The numbers do not look good at Wil