The Winterthur Sentinel
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Etienne Amenyido: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Winterthur have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market24 Jul 2028
Hadj Mahmoud attracts admirers
The name of Hadj Mahmoud has come up in conversations Winterthur were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Winterthur rebuffed over Ayo Akinola
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Vaduz have kept their man, and Winterthur go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Etienne Amenyido wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Winterthur know it.
Squad24 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Winterthur
Hadj Mahmoud and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Too dear: Winterthur walk away from Simon Enzler
$290.0K was the most the club would pay and Stade Lausanne-Ouchy were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Stéphane Cueni frozen out at Winterthur
This is not rotation. Stéphane Cueni has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Winterthur is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Winterthur
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.
Match22 Jul 2028
Young Boys take the points off Winterthur
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Market Mario Mvogo steps up from the Winterthur academy
- Market One of our own: Ivo Elvedi joins the Winterthur first team
- Market One of our own: Loris Steffen joins the Winterthur first team