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Swiss veteran Yann Sommer joins Club Brugge on a 3-year deal in a bid for a Champions League return

BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer signed up for Champions League soccer with Club Brugge on Tuesday after three seasons and two Serie A titles with Inter Milan.

Swiss veteran Yann Sommer joins Club Brugge on a 3-year deal in a bid for a Champions League return
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BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer signed up for Champions League soccer with Club Brugge on Tuesday after three seasons and two Serie A titles with Inter Milan.

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Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks. BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer signed up for Champions League soccer with Club Brugge on Tuesday after three seasons and two Serie A titles with Inter Milan.

Brugge said it gave the 37-year-old Sommer a three-year contract as a free agent. He will replace veteran Simon Mignolet, who retired in May aged 38 after helping Brugge win the Belgian league. Sommer will return to the Champions League after helping Inter reach the final in 2025, when it lost 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain.

Inter was stunningly eliminated by Bodø/Glimt last season in the knockout playoffs round. Sommer has won league titles with Inter, Bayern Munich and in Switzerland with Basel, where he started his career. He played 94 times for Switzerland and went to each World Cup from 2014 to 2022.

Sommer retired from the national team after a quarterfinals loss to England at the 2024 European Championship. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Published
Jul 14, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026
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Winnipeg Free Press
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