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66 Edition

The Valur Courier

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bjarni Mark Duffield: 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.” Valur have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Orri Sigurður Ómarsson 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.

Squad

Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson 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 Valur, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
64 Edition

The Valur Courier

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mateo Tejada hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valur can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Markus Nakkim says Valur 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.

Market

Hörður Ingi Gunnarsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Valur is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

In brief

60 Edition

The Valur Courier

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Mateo Tejada hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valur can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Orri Sigurður Ómarsson says Valur 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.

Market

Hörður Ingi Gunnarsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Valur is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Davíð Ingvarsson

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Valur against Vikingur

0-1 to Vikingur, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 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

57 Edition

The Valur Courier

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Suood Ali asks to leave Valur

“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.

Squad

Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson out for 118 days

The medical room confirms 118 days on the sidelines for Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Valur see off Keflavik

Three points for Valur, 2-1 the final word against Keflavik in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Adam Ægir Pálsson 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.

Squad

Omar Sowe is off the mark for Valur

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad

Lúkas Logi Heimisson is off the mark for Valur

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

The Tin Kulenović talk will not go away

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

Market

Mateo Tejada placed on the list

Valur have made Mateo Tejada available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

Window shut, Germán Rodríguez Rojas still here

Valur spent the window trying to move Germán Rodríguez Rojas on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

In brief

  • The terraces The press have found their man in Omar Sowe
  • The terraces The stand has a song for Omar Sowe
53 Edition

The Valur Courier

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

12 unbeaten for Valur

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Valur did not have in the autumn.

Market

Suood Ali asks to leave Valur

“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.

Market

Tin Kulenović is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Valur has been clear about where Tin Kulenović stands, which is more than many ever get.

Match

Valur find a way past Fjolnir

Fjolnir made Valur work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

The month belongs to Cəlal Hüseynov

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Valur have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Boardroom

Valur release $1.1M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Squad

Kári Steinn Hlífarsson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kári Steinn Hlífarsson and Valur agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Aron Jóhannsson

“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.

Squad

Albin Skoglund finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Valur have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

50 Edition

The Valur Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Mateo Tejada hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valur can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Giovani Bravo: 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.” Valur have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

Valur cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Davíð Ingvarsson

“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.

Match

Valur get the job done against Stjarnan

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

Squad

Omar Sowe 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 Valur, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

49 Edition

The Valur Courier

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Edon Osmani says Valur 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.

Match

Valur cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market

Kári Steinn Hlífarsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Valur is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gaute Vetti

“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.

Match

Valur get the job done against Vikingur

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

Market

Valur and Cəlal Hüseynov 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.

Squad

The month belongs to Adrian Skogmar

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Valur have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Squad

Davíð Ingvarsson 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.

Market

The Tin Kulenović talk will not go away

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

In brief

46 Edition

The Valur Courier

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Mateo Tejada hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valur can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 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.

Match

Valur and Keflavik take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

42 Edition

The Valur Courier

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Mateo Tejada hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valur can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Stefán Þór S. Ágústsson: 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.” Valur have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Match

A bad afternoon for Valur against Fjolnir

0-2 to Fjolnir, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Patrick Pedersen 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.

Squad

Cəlal Hüseynov 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.

Squad

Kristján Sindri Kristjánsson makes his debut at 20

At 20 years old, Kristján Sindri Kristjánsson became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

In brief