Almost eight years have passed since Pajtim Kasami scored one of the finest goals ever scored by a Swiss footballer. In the Fulham dress once morest Crystal Palace. At full speed. After a breast acceptance. Volley. With the weak right foot. Right in the corner.
At that time, Kasami was considered one of the hottest irons in the Swiss football fire, now the 30-year-old is looking for a club once more following three years in Sion and their two at FCB. It is possible that he will end up abroad. In winter Venezia was interested. Rumors of a return to Greece to Olympiakos also persisted for a long time. But he is currently the leader of FC Unemployed.
Nikolic vs. Baumann in goal
In addition to Kasami, there are dozens of other Super League players without a club. In goal, ex-Bebbi Djordje Nikolic and Lugano’s Noam Baumann are fighting for a place in the starting XI at FC Arbeitslos. Ex-FCL professional Simon Grether plays on the right side of defence, while ex-Servette player Gael Clichy and ex-Bebbi Raoul Petretta might defend on the left, the latter might also play in left midfield.
Ellenlang is the list of players without a club who were recently under contract with FC Sion. And behind their future there is a question mark on the Swiss Football League (SFL) website: Adryan, Bamert, Cipriano, Hoarau, Kabashi, Keita, Martic, Ndoye, Tosetti, Vagner and Wesley say hello.
And in Zurich, Moritz Leitner and Salim Khelifi (28), two formerly highly traded jewels, are without a club. And it shouldn’t be easy for the two to find a new club. Khelifi, the Lausanne junior, who played a total of 86 games in the 2nd Bundesliga for Braunschweig and Kiel, played just 44 minutes in total last season. Leitner also only makes eleven appearances in the professional team.
Is Kasami going abroad?
Pajtim Kasami played significantly more often. 33 appearances in the Super League, 8 of which in the Conference League. At the beginning of the season, the physically present midfielder was seeded, only in the second half of the season did he play almost no role at all. Probably also because David Degen publicly criticized during the winter break that Kasami might already be thinking regarding a foreign club.
It is not yet known what that will be. But there are many indications of a move abroad.
Top-Elf: Nikolic; Grether, Bamert, Ndoye, Clichy; Cabral, Leitner, Kasami, Petretta; Khelifi, Hoarau.
