Samukele Kabini

Left Back - Molde
15 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Samukele Kabini

7 Edition

The Molde Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Conrad Wallem

Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces

Molde supporters have found a favourite in Samukele Kabini

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Samukele Kabini has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

A row about effort at Molde

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Birk Risa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

A falling-out at Molde

Villads Nielsen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Samukele Kabini

7.36, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Molde had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

The dugout

No hiding place for Fredrik Kristensen Dahl

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fredrik Kristensen Dahl, and the manager let it.

Market

Molde and Martin Linnes 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 dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Jens Singh was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Molde dressing room was either.

The dugout

Fredrik Kristensen Dahl dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Molde Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Conrad Wallem was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 32. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets

Jens Petter Hauge is a medical away from Molde

The deal with Bodo/Glimt is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Conrad Wallem gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Conrad Wallem has just signed for Molde, and for once the answer mattered.

Transfer targets

$78.0K settles it between the clubs for Eirik Schulze

IK Start have accepted the money. What Molde do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Market

Vebjørn Hoff is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Molde is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Player ratings

Emil Breivik pops up at the right end — 7.70

7.70, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Boardroom

Molde to lose Vebjørn Hoff for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Vebjørn Hoff has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

Jalal Abdullai stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jalal Abdullai and Molde agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Molde

Conrad Wallem and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief