From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad17 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 56 days on the sidelines for Valon Berisha , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Apr 2028
81 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Sekou Diawara 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
Match10 Apr 2028
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Heinz Lindner , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Apr 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Zurich
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market3 Apr 2028
Heinz Lindner hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch3 Apr 2028
“I did not go to St. Gallen to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Squad27 Mar 2028
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market27 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Sekou Diawara
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad20 Mar 2028
89 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad20 Mar 2028
111 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Lawrence Ati-Zigi joins up with his country. Zurich lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match13 Mar 2028
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad13 Mar 2028
71 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Yevgen Morozov commits to Zurich for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Zurich
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Philippe Keny commits to Zurich for another 4 years.
Loan watch6 Mar 2028
“I did not go to St. Gallen to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market28 Feb 2028
“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.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Jan Urbich
“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.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Heinz Lindner 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Feb 2028
123 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Feb 2028
The medical room confirms 142 days on the sidelines for Ivan Cavaleiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch21 Feb 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Zurich , and 0 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Feb 2028
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad14 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Sekou Diawara
“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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Zurich
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market7 Feb 2028
Harvey Vale wants to know where this is going“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Zurich hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Livano Comenencia and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Harvey Vale Harvey Vale wants to know where this is going
Squad7 Feb 2028
“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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Zurich pull $7.2M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Zurich sign a deal worth $1.4M a yearCommercial news is the news nobody sings about and everything else is paid for with. The board will call it a partnership; the accountants will call it the difference between this squad and a smaller one.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market31 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Denoon commits to Zurich for another 4 years.
Market31 Jan 2028
St. Gallen are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Zurich will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Jan 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nevio Di Giusto commits to Zurich for another 4 years.
Loan watch24 Jan 2028
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Zurich , and 0 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad24 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Heinz Lindner
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match17 Jan 2028
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad17 Jan 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad17 Jan 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Pasquale Mazzocchi keeps the shirt for now, at Zurich 's convenience rather than his own.
Market17 Jan 2028
No fee and no drama: Harvey Vale has signed at Zurich , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
Market17 Jan 2028
A season-long audition: Young Boys still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Zurich 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 Jan 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market10 Jan 2028
Young Boys pay $4.4M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market10 Jan 2028
St. Gallen pay $2.0M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Jan Urbich 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Faustino De Vito may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market3 Jan 2028
The name of Silas Huber has come up in conversations Zurich were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Jan 2028
29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Zurich will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad27 Dec 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch27 Dec 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Altin Shala
“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.
Chris Kablan Chris Kablan says Zurich went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match20 Dec 2027
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market20 Dec 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Jan Urbich 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad13 Dec 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad13 Dec 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Damienus Reverson and Zurich agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Dec 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad6 Dec 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market6 Dec 2027
Silas Huber wants to know where this is going“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Zurich hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Umeh Emmanuel knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Ilan Sauter Ilan Sauter says Zurich went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad29 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 21 days on the sidelines for Juan-José Perea , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Sekou Diawara
“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.
Loan watch29 Nov 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match22 Nov 2027
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match20 Nov 2027
The cup run ends for Zurich
1-0 against St. Gallen , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market22 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Jan Urbich 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Sekou Diawara 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.
The terraces22 Nov 2027
The spotlight tightens on Yael Trepy
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad15 Nov 2027
Silas Huber 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.
Match13 Nov 2027
Grasshopper left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Jan Urbich knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Nov 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Sekou Diawara will call it something else in private.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“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.
Adam Ilic Adam Ilic says Zurich went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Sekou Diawara
“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.
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Upbeat
Match25 Oct 2027
Zurich sink to position 1012 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A one-man rearguard from Silas Huber
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market25 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Jan Urbich 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Zurich get the job done against Sion A 1-0 win over Sion , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” David Vujević and Zurich agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad18 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match16 Oct 2027
Young Boys left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match9 Oct 2027
Thun made Zurich work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Nesta Elphege 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
Derby day misery for Zurich
Losing 2-3 is one thing; losing to Basel in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.
The terraces4 Oct 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Valon Berisha and Zurich agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
The terraces4 Oct 2027
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match27 Sep 2027
Zurich sink to position 106 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Match25 Sep 2027
Luzern made Zurich work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Umeh Emmanuel
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Jan Urbich 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match18 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Zurich 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad20 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Silas Huber
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match18 Sep 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match11 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Zurich 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Lawrence Ati-Zigi knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match4 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Zurich 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.
Market6 Sep 2027
The deal that would have taken Umeh Emmanuel to St. Gallen has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Zurich with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market6 Sep 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Match4 Sep 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Silas Huber 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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Nobody left the Zurich dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad6 Sep 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Zurich have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Umeh Emmanuel 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match30 Aug 2027
Zurich sink to position 102 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Zurich 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market30 Aug 2027
Ishmael Addo is 20, and Zurich have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Umeh Emmanuel
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Zurich 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 28 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Sion take the points off Zurich Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad23 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Silas Huber knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nesta Elphege knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Zurich 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Zurich has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Match14 Aug 2027
0-1 to Young Boys , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Steady
Match7 Aug 2027
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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lawrence Ati-Zigi commits to Zurich for another 4 years.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Sion to sit and watch. I want to come back to Zurich and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Sekou Diawara knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Aug 2027
Experience through the door at Zurich
Francesco Ruberto arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match31 Jul 2027
Derby day misery for Zurich
Losing 2-3 is one thing; losing to Basel in a derby is a wound that takes months to close.
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market2 Aug 2027
The fee is $1.1M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. St. Gallen drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Zurich have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match24 Jul 2027
A hiding for Zurich
Beaten 0-3 by Luzern , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
The terraces26 Jul 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 24 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan-José Perea and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market26 Jul 2027
The paperwork is done: Altin Shala joins from Sion in a deal worth $250.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market26 Jul 2027
Selmin Hodža has left for Sion in a $620.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market19 Jul 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Jul 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Silvan Fassnacht is back at Zurich , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
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Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Silas Huber and Zurich agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Umeh Emmanuel 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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Steady
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jorge Segura and Zurich agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Daniel Denoon knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A new face in his position, and Nesta Elphege suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Zurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Match28 Jun 2027
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Ilan Sauter
“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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Sekou Diawara has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sekou Diawara keeps the shirt for now, at Zurich 's convenience rather than his own.
Ilan Sauter The manager makes an example of Ilan Sauter
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Steady
Squad21 Jun 2027
“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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Zurich know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Valon Berisha has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Market14 Jun 2027
Partizan come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Zurich did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Jun 2027
Ilan Sauter hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Jun 2027
The Vaduz deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Miguel Reichmuth reports back to Zurich with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sekou Diawara and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Silas Huber 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Lindrit Kamberi joins up with his country. Zurich lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
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Steady
Market7 Jun 2027
Umeh Emmanuel hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Vaduz are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Zurich will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Match31 May 2027
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad31 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nevio Di Giusto and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad31 May 2027
Umeh Emmanuel 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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Steady
Squad24 May 2027
Ilan Sauter 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.
Squad24 May 2027
Umeh Emmanuel knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 May 2027
The Silas Huber talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Zurich know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Squad17 May 2027
Jorge Segura knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad17 May 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Valon Berisha plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Loan watch17 May 2027
44 days of the agreement remain and 3 appearances sit behind him. Somebody has to decide what happens next.
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Steady
Squad10 May 2027
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Umeh Emmanuel , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 May 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Heinz Lindner , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 May 2027
“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.
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Steady
Match3 May 2027
Zurich are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad3 May 2027
Silas Huber 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Umeh Emmanuel has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Ilan Sauter 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
The Silas Huber talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Zurich know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Philippe Keny has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Squad19 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Valon Berisha has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Ivan Cavaleiro has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Steady
Squad12 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 50 days on the sidelines for Umeh Emmanuel , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Heinz Lindner , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“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.
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Steady
Match5 Apr 2027
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Nelson Palacio
“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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Valon Berisha . Zurich will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Steady
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of David Vujević
“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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Silas Huber linked with a move awayThe name of Silas Huber keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zurich say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad22 Mar 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Zurich that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad22 Mar 2027
David Vujević 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Silas Huber keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Silas Huber plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Squad15 Mar 2027
79 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Juan-José Perea plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad15 Mar 2027
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Zurich will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Steady
Match8 Mar 2027
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ivan Cavaleiro commits to Zurich for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The manager comes out for Max Dean
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Max Dean has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Market1 Mar 2027
Silas Huber linked with a move awayThe name of Silas Huber keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zurich say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Lindrit Kamberi has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Match17 Feb 2027
The cup run ends for Zurich
1-1 against Basel , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A one-man rearguard from Silas Huber
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad22 Feb 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Steady
Squad15 Feb 2027
113 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Silas Huber 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Heinz Lindner 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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Steady
Match8 Feb 2027
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Livano Comenencia and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Jorge Segura 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Silas Huber knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A new face in his position, and Philippe Keny suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Zurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market8 Feb 2027
A season-long audition: Young Boys still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Zurich 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
“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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Silas Huber linked with a move awayThe name of Silas Huber keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zurich say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad1 Feb 2027
David Vujević knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad25 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Alexander Hack knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A new face in his position, and Florian Grillitsch suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Zurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market25 Jan 2027
No fee and no drama: Faustino De Vito has signed at Zurich , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
Market25 Jan 2027
Zurich have made Ilan Sauter available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market18 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Zurich have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad18 Jan 2027
145 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“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.
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Steady
Match11 Jan 2027
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Alexander Hack : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Jan 2027
Young Boys pay $1.2M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Miguel Reichmuth : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market4 Jan 2027
The name of David Vujević has come up in conversations Zurich were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Silas Huber
“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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 104% of everything Zurich earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
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Steady
Match14 Dec 2026
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Nelson Palacio knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Bledian Krasniqi plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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.
Market7 Dec 2026
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Zurich could get for him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Selmin Hodža knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
127% of the income goes out in wages at Zurich
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“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.
Market30 Nov 2026
The Silas Huber talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Zurich know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Match18 Nov 2026
Zurich through in the cupA 1-0 win over Sion , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
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Steady
Match16 Nov 2026
Zurich sink to position 917 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match14 Nov 2026
A 2-0 win over St. Gallen , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Silas Huber lets one through his handsA defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
Grasshopper left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
No place for Sekou Diawara on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Zurich pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
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Crisis
Squad2 Nov 2026
Max Dean says Zurich went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match31 Oct 2026
Zurich come up short against Vaduz Vaduz left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
127% of the income goes out in wages at Zurich
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Max Dean Max Dean says Zurich went back on their word
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Philippe Keny . Zurich will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Steady
Market26 Oct 2026
“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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Zurich get the job done against Lugano A 3-2 win over Lugano , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Max Dean
“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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
4 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad26 Oct 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Zurich have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Nelson Palacio 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
Squad19 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Silas Huber
There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match19 Oct 2026
Zurich sink to position 911 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Umeh Emmanuel
“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.
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Crisis
Match10 Oct 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ilan Sauter
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Silas Huber 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.
Ilan Sauter The manager makes an example of Ilan Sauter
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Steady
Match3 Oct 2026
Zurich get the job done against Thun A 2-1 win over Thun , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
195% of the income goes out in wages at Zurich
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Silas Huber
“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.
Silas Huber The manager makes an example of Silas Huber
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Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
Basel take the derby0-3, and no way to dress it up. A derby defeat follows a supporter to work on Monday, and this one will follow him all week.
Market28 Sep 2026
“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.
Match26 Sep 2026
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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
Nobody left the Zurich dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
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Crisis
Match21 Sep 2026
Zurich sink to position 97 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match19 Sep 2026
Luzern left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Nelson Palacio
“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.
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Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Silas Huber and Zurich agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Sekou Diawara
“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.
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 190% of everything Zurich earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Umeh Emmanuel and Zurich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Max Dean 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Zurich will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
73 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match29 Aug 2026
Vaduz made Zurich work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jorge Segura
“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 terraces31 Aug 2026
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad31 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Zurich have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Uneasy
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Match22 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Zurich
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Zurich are no longer polite ones.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Market17 Aug 2026
Cheveyo Tsawa has left for Young Boys in a $1.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of David Vujević
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Heinz Lindner 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
Squad10 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Philippe Keny commits to Zurich for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market10 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Philippe Keny knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zurich , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zurich can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan-José Perea and Zurich agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
104 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“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.
Match1 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Zurich against Thun
0-2 to Thun , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.