The Umeå FC Post
Squad2 Apr 2029
A fracture rules Felix Rhodin out for 61 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Umeå FC will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market2 Apr 2029
Manuel Maluenda is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Umeå FC is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market2 Apr 2029
Axel Lombet 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 Umeå FC can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout2 Apr 2029
Elias Cederblad frozen out at Umeå FC
This is not rotation. Elias Cederblad has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Umeå FC is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
Umeå FC close the window on a squad of their own making
6 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Umeå FC
Isak Ellbring 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.
Boardroom2 Apr 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Umeå FC
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets2 Apr 2029
BK Hacken tell Umeå FC: Axel Brönner is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Words at Umeå FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Djoseph Bangala 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Robin Ibrahimovic joins the Umeå FC first team
- Market Anton Granqvist steps up from the Umeå FC academy
- Boardroom A promise the Umeå FC board did not keep