The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sillamae Kalev
Leo Lod 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Markus Dmitrijev again
The phone has started ringing about Markus Dmitrijev again, and this time the name on the line is Parnu. Sillamae Kalev are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sander Klavan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sander Klavan and Sillamae Kalev agree another 2 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Sillamae Kalev ask about Pa Modou Sohna
A loan enquiry to Paide: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Valeri Shantenkov is in the works
Sillamae Kalev have made the call to Narva Trans. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Leo Lod 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 Sillamae Kalev, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hendrik Marin 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Silver Antonov in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Silver Antonov has his answer from Sillamae Kalev; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Leo Lod takes the armband
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Hendrik Marin's contract
- Market Sillamae Kalev put Joonas Puri up for sale