Marked for Jesper Löfgren
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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Adrian Grbić out for 37 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Luzern will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Luzern may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Market18 Jan 2027
The unthinkable, invoiced: Pascal Loretz sold
Olympique de Marseille arrived with $8.0M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.
The terraces18 Jan 2027
Supporters turn on the $8.0M sale of Pascal Loretz
He is going to Olympique de Marseille, the club has $8.0M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Luzern training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Julian von Moos 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Luzern
Tyron Owusu 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Leonardo Bertone has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Luzern that is a harder question to answer.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Jesper Löfgren asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market17 Aug 2026
Luzern say no — this time
The offer from Hamburger SV for Simon Simoni 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Luzern
Matteo di Giusto 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Natanaël Thio and Luzern agree another 4 years.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Luzern supporters have found a favourite in Oscar Kabwit
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Oscar Kabwit has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Luzern training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sinan Karweina 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.