Marked for Edvard Carrick
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kawa Sulaiman commits to GIF Sundsvall for another 4 years.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
“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.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Eivind Willumsen has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at GIF Sundsvall will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market18 Jan 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Eivind Willumsen signs something — a contract at GIF Sundsvall or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Nazif Inoussa asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Oskar Runberg
22 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. GIF Sundsvall lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market23 Nov 2026
Only the photograph left for Marc Manchón
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marc Manchón will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around GIF Sundsvall the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” GIF Sundsvall may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Malte Hallin
“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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Ben Engdahl gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ben Engdahl is on it.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at GIF Sundsvall, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market23 Nov 2026
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs GIF Sundsvall money.
Market23 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. GIF Sundsvall know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and GIF Sundsvall will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.