Adrian Helm

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5 May 2027
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Process

Marked for Adrian Helm

34 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Amel Mujanić agrees terms with Gefle

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around AIK people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Squad

Words at AIK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tesfaldet Tekie 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.

Squad

A falling-out at AIK

Dino Beširović and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Sotirios Papagiannopoulos is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at AIK has been clear about where Sotirios Papagiannopoulos stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

Abdihakin Ali 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.

The dugout

When it matters, Lucas Assadi plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
29 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

AIK turn down Kalmar FF for Erik Flataker

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Joel Roca rejects the move

AIK had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Olympiacos, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

A falling-out at AIK

Lucas Assadi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at AIK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tesfaldet Tekie 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Joel Roca

AIK asked and Olympiacos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout

Kristoffer Nordfeldt has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AIK 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Adrian Helm

“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.

Market

The Lucas Assadi story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lucas Assadi signs something — a contract at AIK or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout

Amel Mujanić knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AIK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

27 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Abdihakin Ali puts it in writing

“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 AIK, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Words at AIK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tesfaldet Tekie 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.

Squad

Dino Beširović 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 AIK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Lukas Bergquist told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Lukas Bergquist has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at AIK.

The dugout

Johan Hove has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AIK 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Kalle Joelsson

“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 dugout

The manager makes Sotirios Papagiannopoulos a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at AIK. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

AIK put Eskil Edh up for sale

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

Market

The Ibrahim Cissé talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AIK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

26 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Adrian Helm says AIK went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Kristoffer Nordfeldt 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 AIK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at AIK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tesfaldet Tekie was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

When it matters, Lucas Assadi plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

Fredrik Nissen 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.

Market

Áron Csongvai linked with a move away

The name of Áron Csongvai keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AIK say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

21 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Linus Borgström: 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.” AIK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Áron Csongvai 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at AIK

Dino Beširović and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

Kristoffer Nordfeldt 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 Kristoffer Nordfeldt is on it.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ahmad Faqa

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ahmad Faqa, and the manager let it.

Market

The Lucas Assadi story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lucas Assadi signs something — a contract at AIK or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

18 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Fredrik Nissen: 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.” AIK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Áron Csongvai 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at AIK

Ibrahim Cissé and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

Sotirios Papagiannopoulos 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.

Squad

AIK lose Lionel Dahlkvist

24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout

Lucas Assadi has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AIK 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.

In brief

11 Edition

The AIK Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Martin Ellingsen is on his way

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

Squad

Words exchanged at AIK

Sondre Auklend and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

AIK count the cost of losing Eskil Edh

44 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Match

Johan Hove sends AIK past Falkenberg

It finished 1‑0, and it was Johan Hove’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to AIK.

Squad

Mads Døhr Thychosen 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.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Johan Hove at his very best

Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at AIK.

Looking ahead

All roads lead to Djurgarden

The fixture the calendar is arranged around. Form goes out of the window, the table is not consulted, and for ninety minutes AIK will be judged on one thing only.

The dugout

No hiding place for Dino Beširović

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dino Beširović, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

The pass was always on for Axel Kouamé

Chances created: 13. Somebody has to open a door before anybody can walk through it, and he spent the afternoon opening doors.

In brief