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Lausanne and Servette announced the second exchange in a few weeks. After Tyler Moy moved from Lausanne to Geneva for Guillaume Maillard and Floran Douay, Joël Vermin (28) is now doing the same too. Czech forward with a Swiss license, Petr Cajka (19), and American-Frenchman Tim Bozon (26), who also has a Swiss license, move to Vaud.
Vermin had been trying to get rid of 1998 Czech Olympic hero, former NHL defender and agent Petr Svoboda for weeks. Conversations, even with Vermin’s parent club Bern, did not work out.
Private fight as a pretext?
The alleged trigger for this is said to have been a private dispute with Lausanne’s substitute goalkeeper Luca Boltshauser, which, however, should have been resolved long ago, if you believe in the direct participants and their environment.
The suspicion arises that there are financial reasons behind the feverish exchange activities of the citizens of Lausanne, especially since the Vaudois with their wonderful new arena (of events) were particularly affected by the crown crisis.
The horse exchange with Nati’s two strikers should definitely ease the long-term salary budget. In addition, at least last season, the price-performance ratio was not good either with Vermin (10 points less than last year) or with Moy (only 2 goals in 50 games). And also from the exchange with Lugano (defender Matteo Nodari moved to Ticino for Aurélien Marti), the Romands should have benefited financially.
The clubs saw the power of the players
Unlike the NHL, players in Switzerland cannot be deported to another club against their will. But who wants to stay around the corner and break up at a club where they no longer want him? It will be interesting to see if players will now be increasingly forced to change clubs.
Clubs are trying to break the power of players who have been pampered with high wages in an overheated market. In the Corona period, you now have savings arguments at least in the short term and may demand pay cuts.
While Lausanne has deported expensive stars, Geneva is on the mend again after an intermediate savings and junior course. With Vermin and Moy, who have already scored five goals in preparation, they have brought in two forwards whose qualities should not be underestimated.
