“He’s been to the stadium lately. He knows the coach and the players reasonably well. But the two trumps at FCB could be: Marco Streller, who keeps in touch with him and is at FCB, or the consultant Bernhard Heusler, who plays a role at FCB.
“He also knows Roger Federer well. It is therefore clear to me that the Germans have an appropriate but vulgar saying: Roger Federer would fit FCB like ‘a** on a bucket’.”
Federer has maintained his love affair with FC Basel over the years and was a guest of honour during the club’s UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier against CSKA Sofia earlier this summer. Basel won the playoff on aggregate to ensure they progressed into the tournament and the Swiss side have started their group well with two wins to leave them top of their group.