Swiss Abroad 2004/05 [R]

- Juventus loaned out Davide Chiumiento to AC Siena for this season. I'm not sure if I'm fond of this development...because if Davide does well for Siena Lippi would be the first to call him up for the Italian national team.

- Christoph Spycher is currently in negotiations with Glasgow Rangers and will tryout for the team on Monday and Tuesday.

 

Here is the updated list:

Australia
Remo Buess (Queensland Roar)

England
Johann Djourou (Arsenal)
Daniel Good (St. Martins AC)
Philippe Senderos (Arsenal)
Reto Ziegler (Tottenham)

France
Alexandre Comisetti (Le Mans)
Mirko Di Nicolantonio (St-Tropez)
Grégory Duruz (Amiens)
Alex Frei (Rennes)
Stéphane Grichting (Auxerre)
Brent Haas (Bastia)
Johann Lonfat (Sochaux)
Sebstian Roth (Lorient)
Matias Vitkiewiez (19, Guingamp)

Germany
Tranquillo Barnetta (Hannover)
Diego Benaglio (VfB Stuttgart)
Berardi (Brescia) - Youth
Bruno Berner (SC Freiburg)
Mario Cantaluppi (Nüremberg)
Dorsa (Brescia) - Youth
Mario Eggimann (Karlsruhe)
Kevin Fickentscher (Werder Bremen)-Youth
Stephan Keller (Erfurt)
Oumar Kondé (SC Freiburg)
Peter Läng (Freiburg) - Youth
Ludovic Magnin (Werder Bremen)
Remo Meyer (1860 München)
Raphael Mollet (Freiburg) - Youth
Ali Özcakmak (Jahn Regensburg)
Panizzolo (Genoa) - Youth
Daniel Pavlovic (Freiburg) - Youth
Milaim Rama (Augsburg)
Ciriaco Sforza (Kaiserslautern)
Roger Stilz (Altuna 93)
Marco Streller (VfB Stuttgart)
Marco Walker (Mainz)
Raphaël Wicky (SV Hamburg)
Hakan Yakin (VfB Stuttgart)
Nevzet Zukic (TSG Hoffenheim)

Holland
Guilherme Afonso (Twente)
Blaise N'Kufo (Twente)
Johann Vogel (Eindhoven)

Italy
Stephan Balmer (Napoli Sportiva)
Valon Behrami (Hellas Verona)
Gaetano Berardi (Brescia)
Davide Chiumiento (Siena)
Gerardo Clemente (Juventus)
Simone Fumasoli (Juventus)
Christoph Meoli (Reggina)
Marco Padalino (Catania)
Daniel Panizzolo (Genoa)
Rijat Shala (Salernitana)
Johan Vonlanthen (On loan to Bresica from Eindhoven)
Fabrizio Zambrella (Brescia)

Scotland
Stéphane Henchoz (Celtic)

South Africa
Björn Gugger (Wits University FC)

Spain
Fabio Celestini (Levante)

Sweden
Feliciano Magro (Landskrona)

Turkey
Önder Cengel (Fenerbahce)
Hakan Yakin (Galatasaray)

United States
Stefan Frei (Cal-Berkley)

 

Looks like Hakan's about to switch clubs yet again (!)

Matthias Sammer doesn't want him and Hakan doesn't seem willing to fight for a spot on the team (looks like he suffers from Landon Donovanitis). Besiktas & Galatasaray have shown interest in him and it wouldn't suprise me if the transfer happens in the next few days. By now I can't help but laugh at the situation, Hakan has high aspirations but just doesn't seem mentally prepared when he has to prove himself at a big team (skill-wise it should be easy for him.) Hakan is a terrific player but without close-by family support and complete trust by the coach he just doesn't seem to blossom...

His transfer circus is starting to look a lot like his brother Murat's (before he came back to Basel)

 

I did...

Oumar Kondé (SC Freiburg)
Diego Benaglio (VfB Stuttgart)
Valon Behrami (Genoa)
Reto Ziegler (Tottenham / in 2005)

 

According to today's Kicker, Celtic and Rangers are interested in Hakan Yakin...

 

As hard as I was on Hakan in the post before, Stuttgart (and specifically Felix Magath) deserve some major blame as well. Magath knew (or should've known) exactly what kind of player Hakan is and the fact that he needs some special attention to feel like he belongs to a team. Instead he benched him the whole time, after telling him he'll be the new number 10 on Stuttgart. Some people say that Magath never even saw Hakan play before the transfer (!) and only later found out that he doesn't fit in with the team's style.

 

Valon Behrami will be loaned out one year to Hellas Verona (Serie B)

Also, it looks like Marc Roger won't let Zambrella go to Brescia...?

PS: I also forgot to mention Stephan Keller at Erfurt in Germany.

 

Rijat Shala from the U21 team signed a contract with Salernitana (Serie B) after GC no longer wanted him (they were unhappy with his attitude.)

 

What a start by Alex Frei! In the first game of the season he helped Rennes defeat PSG 2:1 by scoring the second goal...

If Alex continues this way, he just might win the scoring crown this year.

 

- Blaise N'Kufo scored vs. Ajax but Twente still lost 3-2 in their first game of the season.

- Alex Frei scored his 2nd goal of the season in a 3-1 loss to Auxerre.

 

Newly promoted Levante (Spain) has loaned Celestini from Marseille for one year with an option of a three year contract...

 

Scratch that, Celestini signed for good (3 years)

- Alex Frei scored his third goal of the season and helped Rennes defeat Nantes 1:0.

- Alexandre Comisetti scored his first goal for Le Mans in a 3:0 victory over Laval.

 

I see it hasn't been posted yet, but Mario Cantaluppi left Basel and signed with Bundesliga side Nürnberg...

 

- N'Kufo scored both goals in a 2:3 loss to Kerkrade.
- Ziegler gave his debut in the premiership at the 80th minute in a 1:0 Spurs victory.
- Barnetta scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3-1 Hannover victory over Hansa.
- Magnin had an assist in Werder's loss to Bayern.