Sander Innvær

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Molde
7 Apr 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Sander Innvær

32 Edition

The Molde Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Molde agree $6.5M for Håkon Evjen

The clubs have shaken hands with Bodo/Glimt; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market

Isak Helstad Amundsen 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 The request is on a desk at Molde, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Sivert Sira Hansen turns Halmstad down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Molde get their man

The chase for Sander Innvær ended with $680.0K changing hands and Tromso out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Market

Isak Reset-Kalland has one foot out of the door

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

Squad

Harrison Reed signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Harrison Reed and Molde agree another 2 years.

Transfer targets

Molde bid $370.0K for Julian Faye Lund

The offer went to Bodo/Glimt this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Words exchanged at Molde

Harrison Reed and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Molde rebuffed over Sander Innvær

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Tromso have kept their man, and Molde go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

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32 Edition

The Tromso Herald

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Adrian Evensen-Jensen has said yes to Sarpsborg 08

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Tromso have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Valerenga come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Tromso did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets

No deal for Hazem Mastouri at that price

Tromso offered $7.0M; Dinamo Makhachkala said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets

Tromso rebuffed over David Boakye

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Wa All Stars have kept their man, and Tromso go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Ruben Yttergård Jenssen stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ruben Yttergård Jenssen and Tromso agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Business is business: Sander Innvær goes

Molde paid $680.0K and Tromso took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

A falling-out at Tromso

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

Transfer targets

A loan move for Matheus Nascimento is in the works

Tromso have made the call to Toronto FC. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market

Vegard Erlien linked with a move away

The name of Vegard Erlien keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tromso say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

30 Edition

The Tromso Herald

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Casper Øyvann damages knee ligaments — 27 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Vegard Erlien 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 Tromso, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Tromso agree $1.5M for Håkon Røsten

The clubs have shaken hands with Rosenborg; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

The terraces

A $2.4M sale, and a town that did not want it

Isak Vådebu has gone, the accounts have $2.4M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.

Market

Tromso say no — this time

The offer from Haugesund for Sander Innvær was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Business is business: Isak Vådebu goes

Lillestrom paid $2.4M and Tromso took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

Words exchanged at Tromso

Sondre Rossbach and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at Tromso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexander Warneryd 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.

The dugout

Sondre Beite 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.

In brief

29 Edition

The Haugesund Herald

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Vegard Solheim asks to leave Haugesund

“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.

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Christopher Kjensteberg

Haugesund and Lillestrom have settled on $520.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market

Haugesund say no — this time

The offer from Valerenga for Vegard Solheim was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

As if he never left: Anders Bærtelsen returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Anders Bærtelsen is a Haugesund player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Market

Håvard Vatland Karlsen attracts admirers

The name of Håvard Vatland Karlsen has come up in conversations Haugesund were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Transfer targets

No deal for Sander Innvær at that price

Haugesund offered $780.0K; Tromso said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

Words exchanged at Haugesund

Sory Diarra and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Haugesund rebuffed over Birger Meling

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FC Copenhagen have kept their man, and Haugesund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Kotaro Uchino falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

28 Edition

The Haugesund Herald

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Haugesund turn down Djurgarden for Ismaël Seoné

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Haugesund bid $780.0K for Sander Innvær

The offer went to Tromso this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets

Haugesund rebuffed over Fredrik Ardraa

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stromsgodset have kept their man, and Haugesund go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A row about effort at Haugesund

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

Squad

Fabian André Jakobsen signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fabian André Jakobsen commits to Haugesund for another 4 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Haugesund

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Håvard Vatland Karlsen

“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.

Market

The Vetle Auklend talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Haugesund know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Still no ink between Haugesund and Almar Grindhaug

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Haugesund, another week without a signature from Almar Grindhaug.

In brief

26 Edition

The Tromso Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Sander Innvær 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.

The dugout

The manager makes Sondre Rossbach a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Tromso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

The Leo Cornic talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tromso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

18 Edition

The Tromso Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Isak Vådebu keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tromso may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

A muscle injury and 15 days out for Vetle Skjærvik

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Tromso will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

The dugout

No hiding place for Sondre Beite

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

Squad

Tempers go at Tromso

Abderrahmane Sarr 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.

The dugout

Leon Hien knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tromso, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout

The manager makes Sondre Rossbach a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Tromso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

16 Edition

The Tromso Herald

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sondre Rossbach 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 Tromso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

No hiding place for Kristian Hjelvik Halvorsen

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

Squad

Magnus Lopez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Magnus Lopez and Tromso agree another 4 years.

The dugout

A promise honoured at Tromso

Something was said to Vetle Skjærvik and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

Market

Vegard Erlien linked with a move away

The name of Vegard Erlien keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tromso say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

The manager makes Sondre Rossbach a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Tromso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

14 Edition

The Tromso Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Troy Nyhammer

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

Abderrahmane Sarr: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tromso have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

A falling-out at Tromso

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

The dugout

Lars Olden Larsen 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.

The dugout

The form table has caught Sondre Rossbach

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Jakob Haugaard

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Jakob Haugaard has come out of that comparison in the side, and Tromso have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

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

Squad

Alexander Warneryd moves up the pecking order

Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Tromso than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.

Match

Tromso draw a blank against Molde

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Molde defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

4 Edition

The Tromso Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Tromso strike at the death to beat IK Start

There were 85 minutes on the clock and IK Start had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Tromso did not stop to explain themselves.

Market

Tromso turn down Viking for Daniel Braut

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Too dear: Tromso walk away from Anders Hiim

$1.4M was the most the club would pay and Sarpsborg 08 were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Boardroom

Tromso go back to the board over Marcus Melchior

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $389.4K — a club that wants Marcus Melchior enough to be asked twice.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Sander Innvær

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Tromso get the job done against IK Start

A 1‑0 win over IK Start, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

No hiding place for Leon Hien

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

Player ratings

Vegard Erlien was the difference for Tromso

Marked 7.76. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Squad

14 new faces, and Tromso are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief