The KuPS Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Arttu Tulehmo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. KuPS have done the hard part with KTP, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Joonas Kekarainen turns down KuPS
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Johannes Kreidl signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Johannes Kreidl commits to KuPS for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at KuPS
Isaac Sackey 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at KuPS
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Saikou Touray was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
KuPS beat the market to Jonathan Muzinga from VPS
VPS will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Jonathan Muzinga has pre-agreed a move to KuPS, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Liverpool tell KuPS: Rio Ngumoha 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Robin Lam joins the KuPS first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robin Lam is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Petteri Sparv steps up from the KuPS academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Petteri Sparv 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 Petteri Soiri steps up from the KuPS academy
- Market KuPS promote Robin Forss from within
- Match Piotr Parzyszek the difference as KuPS beat Ilves