The Flora Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Flora say no — this time
The offer from Liepaja for Tristan Toomas Teeväli 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Andero Kaares stays at Flora
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” FCI Tallinn had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Fanis Bakoulas rejects the move
Flora had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Olympiacos, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Flora
Sergei Zenjov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Flora bid $26.0K for Idalécio Dias
The offer went to Nomme Kalju this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Flora beat the market to Kristjan Kask from Nomme Kalju
Nomme Kalju will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Kristjan Kask has pre-agreed a move to Flora, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Flora rebuffed over Ivica Lovren
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zadar have kept their man, and Flora go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Rauno Sappinen
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rauno Sappinen, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Artur Marin steps up from the Flora academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artur Marin 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Artur Mets joins the Flora first team
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Flora
- Squad Rauno Sappinen wants to know why he earns less