The Thun Post
Market14 Feb 2028
Thun turn down Grasshopper for Rico Preißinger
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
Rico Preißinger signs for Lugano while still at Thun
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Rico Preißinger has agreed terms with Lugano for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Thun
Mattias Käit and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Fabio Fehr falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Door shut on Séko Fofana
Thun asked and Stade Rennais said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Furkan Dursun
“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.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Edimilson Rodriguez joins the Thun first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edimilson Rodriguez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
Kevin Mvogo steps up from the Thun academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Thun promote Breel Aebischer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Breel Aebischer 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.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Mattias Käit plays
- Squad Emanuel Vignato still has not settled
- Squad “I want to play”: Lucien Littbarski speaks