Emil Monrad

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15 Feb 2032
Sunday
Process

Marked for Emil Monrad

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The Viborg Sentinel

9 Feb 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout

Yonis Njoh says Viborg went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen 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 Viborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Viborg

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

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Magnus Sørensen for 16 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Viborg will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

The dugout

Jean-Manuel Mbom gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jean-Manuel Mbom is on it.

Market

Oliver Bundgaard linked with a move away

The name of Oliver Bundgaard keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Viborg say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Emil Monrad told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Emil Monrad has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Viborg.

The dugout

Frederik Lauenborg has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Frederik Lauenborg has written the date down.

The dugout

Kasper Kristensen asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

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2 Feb 2032
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Market

Mads Samson 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 Viborg, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

Viborg close the window on a squad of their own making

3 in and 5 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Viborg hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

A falling-out at Viborg

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

Squad

A row about effort at Viborg

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

The dugout

Žan Zaletel gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Žan Zaletel is on it.

Squad

Emmanuel Dennis loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Emmanuel Dennis. Viborg will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

Market

The Jean-Manuel Mbom talk will not go away

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Emil Monrad

“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.

In brief

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22 Dec 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Viborg

Marcus Holmgren Pedersen 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.

Squad

Žan Zaletel 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.

Squad

Emil Monrad signs on for more

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Yonis Njoh

“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.

The dugout

Emmanuel Dennis gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Emmanuel Dennis is on it.

The dugout

Frederik Lauenborg has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Frederik Lauenborg has written the date down.

Market

Charly Nouck linked with a move away

The name of Charly Nouck keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Viborg say nothing, which says plenty.

Match

Viborg in the hunt for Europe

Position 6, 32 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.

Market

Kevin Leone placed on the list

Viborg have made Kevin Leone available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief