After half a year, FC Basel has terminated the loan of Emmanuel Essiam at Royal Francs Borains, a club in the Belgian second division. The Ghanaian midfielder will instead be loaned to a league competitor, FC Winterthur. The loan is for a duration of one and a half years and will run until the summer of 2027. Essiam joined Basel in January 2021 and has made eleven appearances for the club's first team.