The HJK Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Teemu Pukki signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Teemu Pukki commits to HJK for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at HJK
Teemu Pukki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Teemu Pukki stands down from international duty
“133 caps is more than I ever expected, and it is time somebody else had them.” At 36 he is finished with his country and nowhere near finished with HJK.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Pandurii tell HJK: Marius Hagi 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Alfie Cicale was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Matej Marković 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Inter Turku take the points off HJK
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at HJK training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonel Montano 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
HJK and Lassi Lappalainen 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.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Matej Marković's contract
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Transfer targets A loan move for Noah Sahsah is in the works