Updated26. January 2024, 08:25
Football: End of the Jean-Pierre Nsame saga
The Young Boys striker, barred in his desire to return to Servette, signed for Como (Serie B). While the rest of the Swiss market is on fire.
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Florian Vaney
Jean-Pierre Nsame will return to Italy.
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The winter saga will have lived up to the mark left by Jean-Pierre Nsame in the Swiss championship. After more than a month of rumors, discussions, conflicts and twists and turns, the story reaches its epilogue. The striker will leave Young Boys to join Como, currently 2nd in Serie B. The Cameroonian will therefore not become, at least in the near future, the best scorer in the history of the Super League.
The man with 109 goals in the Swiss elite (111 for Marco Streller) returns to Italy. His previous experience, with Venice in Serie A between January and June 2022, had not really worked. There is a second chance there, in what constitutes a second choice for him. “JPN” hoped to return to Servette, where he exploded during the 2016/2017 season. YB has always opposed this, arguing that under no circumstances would he strengthen a direct opponent in the Super League title race. Player and managers clashed again at the start of the week, leading to the outcome we now know.
Samuel Winterthur Ballet in… Como
Come becomes the second top scorer in the Super League in the first round. And don’t stop there. His offensive for the coming spring will please followers of the Swiss championship, since the club should also secure the services of Samuel Ballet. The offensive player from Winterthur could also bring a jackpot to Zurich. There is talk of a transfer worth 1.4 million francs, not counting bonuses.
Sion – Thun: fight for promotion upset
The fight for promotion to the Super League has not returned to the field as it could soon experience a serious rebound. Will FC Thun (tied with Sion for the first two places) lose one of its strongest assets this winter? Daniel Dos Santos, honored with the prize for best Challenge League player in 2023 during the last Swiss Football Night, is being courted by several clubs. The Bernese would have set the bar at one million to sell their skillful 21-year-old midfielder.
Tracks for Servette
After letting Nicolas Vouilloz and Chris Bedia leave, Servette is ready to react. It is said that the Grenat are tracking central defender Sofyane Bouzamoucha (23 years old). The Franco-Tunisian plays in National (D3) in Rouen, and would attract the attention of several clubs in Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Serie B. The Servettians intend to find a central defender and an attacker as quickly as possible, after the failure experienced in the Nsame folder.