Huggel back at Basel

FC Basel 1893 have made Benjamin Huggel the latest Swiss international star to return home after the signing of striker Marco Streller last week.

Important year
The 29-year-old midfielder has spent the past two campaigns in Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt but was keen to go back to Switzerland in the run-up to UEFA EURO 2008™. Huggel has agreed a contract until summer 2010 at Basel, where he first made his professional breakthrough in the 1998/99 season. Huggel played 25 times for Eintracht this campaign, scoring once. He will be reunited with former team-mate Streller who headed back to Basel from VfB Stuttgart last Thursday, agreeing a contract until 2012.