The Ilves Post
Market27 Mar 2028
Not going: Otso Virtanen stays at Ilves
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” PK-35 had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market27 Mar 2028
Lauri Ala-Myllymäki asks to leave Ilves
“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.
Market27 Mar 2028
FF Jaro come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ilves did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets27 Mar 2028
Juhani Pikkarainen due for a Ilves medical
Everything agreed with HJK, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets27 Mar 2028
Daníel Guðjohnsen will not be coming to Ilves
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Malmo FF is saying, and nobody at Ilves is enjoying the guessing.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Matias Tamminen 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 Ilves this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets27 Mar 2028
HJK tell Ilves: Juhani Pikkarainen is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market27 Mar 2028
Roope Riski is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ilves has been clear about where Roope Riski stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Oskari Multala signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oskari Multala commits to Ilves for another 4 years.
In brief
- The dugout Jardell Kanga has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Roope Riski knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout No hiding place for Oskari Multala