Pyry Mentu

Defensive Midfielder - HJK
22 Nov 2027
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65 Edition

The HJK Courier

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom25 Oct 2027

Silverware for HJK

They will talk about this season in this town for a long time. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route is already agreed.

Squad25 Oct 2027

Mark Engel decides it from twelve yards

3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Boardroom25 Oct 2027

Continental nights are coming to HJK

Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.

Match20 Oct 2027

HJK through in the cup

A 2-2 win over KuPS, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match24 Oct 2027

HJK taken apart

1-4 to Angers SCO, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market25 Oct 2027

Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door

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

Match24 Oct 2027

No end in sight to HJK's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HJK has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad25 Oct 2027

Ian Vera 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.

Boardroom25 Oct 2027

Inquest at HJK

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

Back issues
61 Edition

The HJK Courier

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market27 Sep 2027

Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door

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

Squad27 Sep 2027

Branco Salinardi 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 HJK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad27 Sep 2027

The manager makes an example of Mihailo Bogićević

“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.

In brief

57 Edition

The HJK Courier

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match25 Aug 2027

Cup progress for HJK

A 1-0 win over Inter Turku, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Market30 Aug 2027

Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door

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

Match28 Aug 2027

8 unbeaten for HJK

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation HJK did not have in the autumn.

Market30 Aug 2027

Liam Möller’s move to KTP falls through

The deal that would have taken Liam Möller to KTP has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to HJK with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Ian Vera 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.

Match28 Aug 2027

HJK draw a blank against FC Lahti

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. FC Lahti defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Alexandru Creţu 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.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Sondre Tronstad wants a proper job in this side

Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Sondre Tronstad has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. HJK know, and have known for weeks.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Branco Salinardi has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Branco Salinardi keeps the shirt for now, at HJK's convenience rather than his own.

In brief