Former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Alex Song has signed a two-year contract with Sion of the Swiss Super League, the club announced on Tuesday.

Song, 30, joined Sion after parts of two seasons with Rubin Kazan, having left the club in January when FIFA intervened to terminate his contract because the club were falling behind on paying players' wages.

According to the Telegraph, Song was still owed £7.9 million by Rubin in June.

The former Cameroon international made more than 200 appearances...

Swiss club FC Basel appointed former Austria boss Marcel Koller as their new coach on Thursday, a day after their humiliating exit from the Champions League.

Basel, under interim coach Alexander Frei, were thumped 3-0 at home by PAOK on Wednesday in the second leg of their second round qualifier and lost 5-1 on aggregate.

Koller, who stepped aside as Austria coach last year after six years in charge during which he led them to Euro 2016, has previously won the Swiss title with St Gallen and Grasshoppers....

Ajax have announced the signing of Southampton's Dusan Tadic on a four-year contract for a fee of €11.4 million.

Tadic, with Serbia at the World Cup, joined Southampton from Twente in 2014 and will return to the Netherlands after four seasons.

The transfer fee for Tadic could increase to a maximum of €13m based on certain conditions.

To replace him, Southampton have lined up Basel's Mohamed Elyounoussi for a fee in the region of £16m, sources have told ESPN FC.

Elyounoussi, 23,...

Eintracht Frankfurt have announced Adi Hutter will replace Niko Kovac as head coach at the end of the season.

Hutter has signed a deal until the summer of 2021 after deciding to leave Young Boys following their surprise title success in Switzerland.

Frankfurt were searching for a new coach after Kovac agreed to take over at Bayern Munich, the opponents for his final game in charge in Saturday's DFB-Pokal final.

Sporting director Fredi Bobic told the club's official website: "He has proved at several...

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland -- Swiss team Neuchatel Xamax are back in the top division six years after disbanding midseason amid bankruptcy under a Chechen owner later convicted of criminal mismanagement.

Xamax were promoted Sunday when second-place Schaffhouse lost, making their 20-point lead unassailable.

The two-time Swiss champion, who count former FIFA head Sepp Blatter among their honorary presidents, has worked their way back from regional amateur soccer. Their coaching staff includes former Liverpool...