Iván Torres

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27 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Iván Torres

21 Edition

The Zurich Herald

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Juan-José Perea has said yes to Sport Recife

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Zurich have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad

Iván Torres 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 Zurich this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Miguel Reichmuth

“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.

The dugout

Alexander Hack has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Zurich will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market

Bledian Krasniqi linked with a move away

The name of Bledian Krasniqi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zurich say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

The manager makes Ivan Cavaleiro a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Zurich. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

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The Zurich Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Zurich's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Bledian Krasniqi 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.

Match

The goals have deserted Zurich

3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Zurich can tell you which week it ends in.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ilan Sauter

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

Player ratings

Valon Berisha was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Tempers go at Zurich

Chris Kablan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Frans Krätzig makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout

When it matters, Eray Cömert plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Albian Kobel chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

In brief