The IK Start Gazette
Market26 Jul 2027
Altin Ujkani asks to leave IK Start
“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.
The terraces26 Jul 2027
Supporters turn on the $1.6M sale of Tom Strannegård
He is going to Sarpsborg 08, the club has $1.6M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market26 Jul 2027
IK Start sell Tom Strannegård for $1.6M
Tom Strannegård has left for Sarpsborg 08 in a $1.6M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Jesper Cornelius runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Tempers go at IK Start
Jacob Pryts 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Eyes on Johan Meyer again
The phone has started ringing about Johan Meyer again, and this time the name on the line is Rosenborg. IK Start are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words at IK Start training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Markus Soomets 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Terry Benjamin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Terry Benjamin, and the manager let it.
Match24 Jul 2027
IK Start come up short against Molde
Molde left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad Ousmane Diallo signs on for more
- Player ratings The cruellest goal, and it is Fredrik Pålerud's
- Market Jonas Myhrstad leaves for nothing