The IK Start Gazette
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at IK Start
John Olav Norheim 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.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Kristoffer Tønnessen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kristoffer Tønnessen, and the manager let it.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
John Olav Norheim 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 IK Start, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Jan 2027
The Erlend Dahl Reitan question follows IK Start around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Erlend Dahl Reitan’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market11 Jan 2027
Talks stall between IK Start and Jens Husebø
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The penny has dropped for Armand Wangen
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at IK Start the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- Squad Good reports on Eirik Schulze
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Omar Jebali
- Squad Fredrik Eidshaug is fit again