The Zurich Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Bledian Krasniqi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zurich, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Tyron Owusu
Zurich asked and Luzern 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
The paperwork begins on Matthieu Epolo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Zurich have done the hard part with Standard Liege, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Lautaro Millán turns down Zurich
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Independiente keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Bledian Krasniqi 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Zurich baulk at the price for Cyrill May
St. Gallen wanted more than $80.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Zurich training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lindrit Kamberi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match29 Aug 2026
Zurich find a way past Vaduz
Vaduz made Zurich work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Philippe Keny
Marked 8.46 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings Ivan Cavaleiro in the eights
- The dugout A satisfied Haris Fassnacht
- The dugout Chris Kablan gets it from the manager