Luka Vučković

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Aalesund
7 Dec 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Luka Vučković

70 Edition

The Aalesund Chronicle

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Davíð Snær Jóhannsson 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 The request is on a desk at Aalesund, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Aalesund

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad

Kristoffer Klaesson 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 Aalesund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

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60 Edition

The Aalesund Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Kristoffer Klaesson 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 Aalesund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Aalesund come up short against Rosenborg

Rosenborg left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Aalesund buy the years ahead of Luka Vučković

He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Elias Myrlid

“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 terraces

The spotlight tightens on Kristoffer Klaesson

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Player ratings

The one thing Paul Ngongo could not do

Shots: 8, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

56 Edition

The Slaven Belupo Chronicle

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Slaven Belupo's wait for a win

14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slaven Belupo has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Antonio Jakir 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 Slaven Belupo can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Niko Farkaš says Slaven Belupo 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

Dejan Lovren 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 Slaven Belupo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Merveil Ndockyt

Marked 8.78 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Home is on Jonathan Agyekum's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Slaven Belupo are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Franco Di Santo

“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

Slaven Belupo share the spoils with Zadar

A 2‑2 draw with Zadar leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Niko Farkaš runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief