“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 The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
The offer from Parnu for Vlasi Dmitrijev was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sillamae Kalev has been clear about where Vlasi Dmitrijev stands, which is more than many ever get.
The phone has started ringing about Taijo Sappinen again, and this time the name on the line is Tulevik. Sillamae Kalev are listening politely and promising nothing.
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Sillamae Kalev told Marek Pikk something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Sillamae Kalev would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
In brief
The dugoutSilver Klavan knocks on the manager’s door
Taijo Kait and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
“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 The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
Taijo Kait 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 manager has re-ordered his thinking and Karl Kruglov has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sillamae Kalev this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
“I watch every Sillamae Kalev game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Tulevik runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hendrik Teniste was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
The dugoutKarl Puri asks for a word with the manager
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sillamae Kalev, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sillamae Kalev can pretend not to have heard.
“I watch every Sillamae Kalev game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Parnu runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
The dugoutThe manager makes an example of Hendrik Ojamaa
Taijo Kait and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sillamae Kalev, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Silver Klavan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Karol Sorga 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.
“I did not go to Tulevik to sit and watch. I want to come back to Sillamae Kalev and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at Sillamae Kalev training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hendrik Teniste 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.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Silver Klavan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
SquadQuestions about Martin Marin on the training pitch
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Slutsk had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sillamae Kalev can pretend not to have heard.
“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 Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Rauno Klavan and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karl Ainsalu has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin Tamm has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.