The Aalborg Gazette
Squad2 Jul 2035
Jakub Jakubko breaks a bone — 65 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 65 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom2 Jul 2035
Felix Otto has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Aalborg can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Boardroom2 Jul 2035
The Aalborg board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Market2 Jul 2035
Giacomo Arduini is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Aalborg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market2 Jul 2035
Luigi Spinelli asks to leave Aalborg
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom2 Jul 2035
Marinus Bach signs for Brondby while still at Aalborg
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Marinus Bach has agreed terms with Brondby for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad2 Jul 2035
Tempers go at Aalborg
Michele Besaggio 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.
Squad2 Jul 2035
Alexander Håpnes stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alexander Håpnes and Aalborg agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Jul 2035
Words at Aalborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elías Pereyra 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Intake day at the Aalborg academy
- Market The shop window has Kauan Kelvin in it
- Market Talks stall between Aalborg and Antonio Rocco