The Aalborg Gazette
Squad22 Feb 2027
17 days out for John Guidetti after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Aalborg will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Alexander Håpnes says Aalborg 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.
Market22 Feb 2027
Edison Flores wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Aalborg
Lee Han-Beom and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Aalborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Ganchas is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Martin Ramsland
“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 dugout22 Feb 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Frederik Børsting's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Emil Søgaard 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 Emil Søgaard is on it.
Market22 Feb 2027
The Pedro Ganchas story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pedro Ganchas signs something — a contract at Aalborg or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Squad Noah Reiche: another 1 days
- Boardroom The Aalborg board put their names to it