Short interlude – promotion coach Frei changes from FCW to Basel

In winter he came as Ralf Loose’s successor, now he’s moving on again: Alex Frei will leave FC Winterthur after only six months and despite promotion. He expressed that to the team on the night after the 5-0 win in Kriens. “It has become quite clear that he is not staying,” says Granit Lekaj, one of the spokesmen in the team as captain. Lekaj understands that Frei now accepts the offer from FC Basel and moves to FCB. If you get this chance, you have to accept it, he says.

Frei is going back to where he has his roots and where he took his first steps as a coach as a youth. From September 2020 to November 2021 he was at FC Wil before retiring there. In Winterthur, the 18 games in the second half of the season were enough for himin order to already secure a big entry in the club’s history.

Question to Frei after the match in Kriens: What does the future hold? Answer: «The future is the townhouse.» There is no balcony, but a sweeping staircase, where the heroes line up after their return from Kriens and are cheered on by a huge crowd. Just like free, you can also dribble around a topic. President Mike Keller says: “I am deeply convinced that this change would be too early for him.” He also says that Frei can work in a “good, safe, sustainable environment” in Winterthur: “He can’t have a better environment.” Keller records everything before Frei then talks to the team.