The Molde Chronicle
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Oskar Spiten-Nysæter, 18, steals the show — 8.19
Marked 8.19 at 18, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Molde rebuffed over Sondre Auklend
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bodo/Glimt have kept their man, and Molde go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Molde
Mats Møller Dæhli 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Igor Gosik stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Igor Gosik and Molde agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Eirik Hestad 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.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Molde supporters have found a favourite in Oskar Spiten-Nysæter
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Oskar Spiten-Nysæter has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match1 Aug 2026
Sandefjord snatch it back from Molde
A goal on 90 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Molde and Emil Breivik
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Molde, another week without a signature from Emil Breivik.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Kristian Eriksen beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Molde
- Transfer targets Molde ask about Victor Lind
- Match Molde and Sandefjord take a point apiece