Marked for Alejandro Aranda
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Squad30 May 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 58 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 58 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad30 May 2033
Michele Besaggio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad30 May 2033
Bjarne Pudel falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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Squad23 May 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 67 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 67 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market23 May 2033
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Etiosa Ighodaro will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Aalborg the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad23 May 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Squad16 May 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 74 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 74 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom16 May 2033
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Aalborg
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
The terraces16 May 2033
Anger at Aalborg spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
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Crisis
Squad9 May 2033
A knee injury of the worst kind for Alejandro Aranda
82 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Aalborg lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market9 May 2033
Aalborg may not be able to give Aron Agüero what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Aron Agüero wants continental football; whether Aalborg can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad9 May 2033
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kornelius Hansen and Aalborg agree another 2 years.
In brief
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Squad
Michele Besaggio in a row with a teammate
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Squad
Words at Aalborg training over how hard people work
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Boardroom
The numbers do not look good at Aalborg
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Crisis
Squad2 May 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 90 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 90 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom2 May 2033
Aalborg spell it out for the manager
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. the manager has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom2 May 2033
The Aalborg board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Squad2 May 2033
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kornelius Hansen commits to Aalborg for another 2 years.
Squad2 May 2033
Kornelius Hansen was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad2 May 2033
Bjarne Pudel falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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Crisis
Squad25 Apr 2033
A knee injury of the worst kind for Alejandro Aranda
98 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Aalborg lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market25 Apr 2033
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Aalborg they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad25 Apr 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Crisis
Squad18 Apr 2033
A knee injury of the worst kind for Alejandro Aranda
105 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Aalborg lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom18 Apr 2033
The scrutiny sharpens at Aalborg
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Aalborg is running low.
The terraces18 Apr 2033
Anger at Aalborg spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
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Crisis
Squad11 Apr 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 115 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 115 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad11 Apr 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Apr 2033
Words at Aalborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bjarne Pudel is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Crisis
Squad4 Apr 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 122 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 122 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom4 Apr 2033
Aalborg put the manager on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Boardroom4 Apr 2033
The Aalborg board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Squad4 Apr 2033
Michele Besaggio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Apr 2033
Aron Agüero falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad4 Apr 2033
The manager's exit leaves Etiosa Ighodaro exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Etiosa Ighodaro is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
In brief
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Market
Jakob Falk leaves for nothing
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Boardroom
The Aalborg production line keeps running
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Boardroom
The Aalborg dressing room answers
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Crisis
Squad28 Mar 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 129 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 129 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market28 Mar 2033
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Aalborg they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Mar 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Crisis
Squad21 Mar 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 138 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 138 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom21 Mar 2033
The scrutiny sharpens at Aalborg
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Aalborg is running low.
The terraces21 Mar 2033
Anger at Aalborg spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
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Crisis
Squad14 Mar 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 147 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 147 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Mar 2033
“The easiest signature of my career.” Michele Besaggio and Aalborg agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Mar 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
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Squad
Words at Aalborg training over how hard people work
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Boardroom
The numbers do not look good at Aalborg
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Crisis
Squad7 Mar 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 156 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 156 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom7 Mar 2033
Aalborg put the manager on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Boardroom7 Mar 2033
The Aalborg board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Market7 Mar 2033
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad7 Mar 2033
Michele Besaggio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad7 Mar 2033
Bjarne Pudel falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
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Squad
The manager makes an example of Andrii Kusyi
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Boardroom
The Aalborg production line keeps running
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Boardroom
The Aalborg dressing room answers
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Crisis
Squad28 Feb 2033
Alejandro Aranda damages knee ligaments — 165 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 165 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market28 Feb 2033
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Aalborg they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Feb 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Crisis
Boardroom7 Feb 2033
Aalborg put the manager on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market7 Feb 2033
The Esbjerg deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Alejandro Aranda reports back to Aalborg with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad7 Feb 2033
Michele Besaggio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad7 Feb 2033
Bjarne Pudel falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad7 Feb 2033
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Paweł Ambrożko commits to Aalborg for another 3 years.
Squad7 Feb 2033
The manager's exit leaves Etiosa Ighodaro exposed
Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Etiosa Ighodaro is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.
In brief
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Market
Gatis Cauna placed on the list
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Boardroom
The Aalborg production line keeps running
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Boardroom
The Aalborg dressing room answers
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Crisis
Market31 Jan 2033
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Aalborg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market31 Jan 2033
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aalborg can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jan 2033
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aalborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Jan 2033
Elías Pereyra falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Jan 2033
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maxim Kopitets commits to Aalborg for another 3 years.
Market31 Jan 2033
The name of Markus Kaasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Aalborg say nothing, which says plenty.
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The terraces24 Jan 2033
Anger at Aalborg spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom24 Jan 2033
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Aalborg
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market24 Jan 2033
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aalborg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Jan 2033
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Aalborg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad24 Jan 2033
Michele Besaggio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 Jan 2033
Bjarne Pudel falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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Squad10 Jan 2033
Malthe Mortensen: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Aalborg have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad10 Jan 2033
Michele Besaggio was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Jan 2033
Words at Aalborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jakub Jakubko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Jan 2033
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lionel Gómez commits to Aalborg for another 3 years.
Market10 Jan 2033
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Aalborg will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market10 Jan 2033
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Alejandro Aranda has his answer from Aalborg; what he does with it is the next window’s story.