Timothé Rupil

Central Midfielder - Helsingborg
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Timothé Rupil

6 Edition

The Helsingborg Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

William Westerlund is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Helsingborg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Max Svensson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Helsingborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Adam Akimey

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Helsingborg come up short against AIK

AIK left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fernando Boldrin

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Timothé Rupil

Marked 8.56 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Market

Helsingborg and Max Svensson are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

Helsingborg put Loret Sadiku up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Loret Sadiku may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad

A season on the outside for Juan Manuel Martínez Trejo

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Helsingborg has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Helsingborg Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Helsingborg out of the cup

Djurgarden ended it 1‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Timothé Rupil

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Helsingborg

Jakob Voelkerling Persson 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Adam Akimey

Marked 9.16 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Helsingborg see off Kalmar FF

Three points for Helsingborg, 2‑1 the final word against Kalmar FF in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

One of those days for Daouda Amadou

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.76, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Alexander Johansson in the eights

A performance of 8.21 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marcus Gudmann

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Adam Akimey finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Helsingborg have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

2 Edition

The Helsingborg Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

William Westerlund has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Helsingborg they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Alexander Johansson signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexander Johansson commits to Helsingborg for another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Helsingborg

Johan Brattberg 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.

Squad

Alexander Johansson gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Helsingborg come up short against BK Hacken

BK Hacken left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Timothé Rupil

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

1 Edition

The Helsingborg Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Johan Brattberg signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Johan Brattberg and Helsingborg agree another 4 years.

Squad

Johan Brattberg in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Helsingborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Jakob Voelkerling Persson the difference as Helsingborg beat Falkenberg

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Jakob Voelkerling Persson. 2‑1 against Falkenberg, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

One of those days for Jakob Voelkerling Persson

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.83, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Max Svensson runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Timothé Rupil in the eights

A performance of 8.05 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Market

Still no ink between Helsingborg and Max Svensson

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Helsingborg, another week without a signature from Max Svensson.

Market

No place for William Westerlund in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” William Westerlund has his answer from Helsingborg; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad

Max Svensson knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Max Svensson trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief