Jacob Brown

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Grasshopper
19 Sep 2026
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Marked for Jacob Brown

7 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad14 Sep 2026

Ismajl Beka damages knee ligaments — 103 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 103 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market14 Sep 2026

Justin Hammel asks to leave Grasshopper

“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.

Match12 Sep 2026

The wait goes on for Grasshopper

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Maurice Malone stays at Minnesota United FC as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Grasshopper will try again when the window opens; Minnesota United FC may not be selling by then.

Match12 Sep 2026

Grasshopper cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

Door shut on Tim Spycher

Grasshopper asked and Thun 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 Sep 2026

Justin Hammel gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match12 Sep 2026

Grasshopper come up short against Basel

Basel left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Salifou Diarrassouba 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.

In brief

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5 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Grasshopper bid $6.4M for Maurice Malone

The offer went to Minnesota United FC this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Grasshopper bid $3.2M for Liam Chipperfield

The offer went to Sion this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Door shut on Itumeleng Khune

Grasshopper asked and Ajax Cape Town said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

No deal for Pascal Stenzel at that price

Grasshopper offered $3.7M; VfB Stuttgart said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market31 Aug 2026

Grasshopper pay Winterthur $1.4M for a proper upgrade

Winterthur did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $1.4M for Remo Arnold, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.

Match29 Aug 2026

The wait goes on for Grasshopper

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market31 Aug 2026

Grasshopper say no — this time

The offer from Ararat for Luke Plange was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Grasshopper go back to the board over Liam Chipperfield

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $3.3M — a club that wants Liam Chipperfield enough to be asked twice.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Grasshopper

Jacob Brown and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

3 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No deal for Mattia Zanotti at that price

Grasshopper offered $9.1M; Lugano said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market17 Aug 2026

Lee Young-Jun turns Hermannstadt down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Lugano come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Grasshopper did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market17 Aug 2026

Grasshopper sell Michaël Frey for $1.2M

Michaël Frey has left for St. Gallen in a $1.2M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Kevin Mbabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grasshopper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Marcel Monsberger

Grasshopper asked and Vaduz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match15 Aug 2026

Grasshopper come up short against Young Boys

Young Boys left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Justin Hammel

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Justin Hammel, and the manager let it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Ismajl Beka 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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Grasshopper Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Aug 2026

Nikolas Muci says no to FC Annecy

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Nikolas Muci had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market10 Aug 2026

Grasshopper turn down Young Boys for Michaël Frey

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

An offer of $7.5M for Mattia Zanotti

Grasshopper have gone to Lugano with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

An offer of $3.3M for Pascal Stenzel

Grasshopper have gone to VfB Stuttgart with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

David Mokwa due for a Grasshopper medical

Everything agreed with SV Elversberg, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No thanks: Linus Gechter rejects the move

Grasshopper had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Hertha BSC, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Michaël Frey stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Michaël Frey and Grasshopper agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Grasshopper

Kevin Mbabu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Jacob Brown 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.

In brief