The Helsingborg Sentinel
Market14 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for William Westerlund
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. William Westerlund will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Helsingborg the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Loret Sadiku, 35, rolls back the years — 7.83
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.83 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Both jobs done by Adam Akimey — 7.15
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 18 actions, 7.15, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Helsingborg agree a free transfer for Jacob Bergström
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
One of their own: Timothé Rupil
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match12 Sep 2026
Loret Sadiku the difference as Helsingborg beat Utsikten
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Loret Sadiku. 2‑0 against Utsikten, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Helsingborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lukas Kjellnäs 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
A satisfied Ludwig Ekdal
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Ludwig Ekdal could afford to be generous.
In brief
- Player ratings Alexander Johansson was unplayable
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Victor Andersson Wagnborg
- The dugout Lucas Landgren Persson has become a man the manager trusts