The Esbjerg Courier
Market7 Jun 2027
Oskar Boesen agrees terms with HB Køge
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Esbjerg people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market7 Jun 2027
SonderjyskE come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Esbjerg did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The season belongs to Muamer Brajanac
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Esbjerg have had the benefit of it.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Door shut on Luciano Gondou
Esbjerg asked and CSKA Moscow said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Words at Esbjerg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Peter Bjur 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Esbjerg
Wesley Spieringhs 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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Anton Skipper is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Esbjerg has been clear about where Anton Skipper stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
No hiding place for John Kolawole
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to John Kolawole, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Jacob Jensen out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Jacob Jensen, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Aubrey Modiba is in the works
- Transfer targets A loan move for Eggert Aron Guðmundsson is in the works
- Transfer targets Esbjerg ask about Antonio Arena