Michael Brammeld

Striker - Free Agent
14 Nov 2030
Thursday
Process

Marked for Michael Brammeld

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The Triestina Post

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Fabio Andrea Ruggeri hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Triestina can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Olaf Kok 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 Triestina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Michael Brammeld comes home

The shirt still fits. Michael Brammeld is back at Triestina, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Match

Triestina come up short against Pro Vercelli

Pro Vercelli left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Kristjan Matošević 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Christian D'Urso

Marked 8.64 — 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.

Player ratings

Olaf Kok in the eights

A performance of 8.26 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Market

Triestina sign Shota Tsitaishvili, one for the future

Shota Tsitaishvili is 17, and Triestina have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Leonardo Pedicillo

Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

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The Fylkir Courier

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom

The scrutiny sharpens at Fylkir

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Fylkir is running low.

Market

Noor Al-Rashidi has one foot out of the door

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

Squad

Elvis Bwomono 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 Fylkir this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Kimi Isometsä is free to find somewhere else

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

Market

Patryk Starobrat attracts admirers

The name of Patryk Starobrat has come up in conversations Fylkir were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

No hiding place for Hilmar Þór Kjærnested Helgason

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

In brief

133 Edition

The Fylkir Courier

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson 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 Fylkir, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Fylkir

Elvis Bwomono 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

Michael Brammeld stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Michael Brammeld and Fylkir agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Darri Bergmann Gylfason

“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

Somebody is after Henry Ezeonye’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Henry Ezeonye suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Fylkir have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

Market

Michael Brammeld joins Fylkir on a free

No fee and no drama: Michael Brammeld has signed at Fylkir, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief