The OB Post
Squad24 Jul 2028
Patrick Pentz keeps OB in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Rayan Demirci says OB went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
OB agree $36.0K for Mattia Caldara
The clubs have shaken hands with SonderjyskE; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market24 Jul 2028
OB say no — this time
The offer from Hobro for Oussama Alou 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.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
A new deal for Lucas Wind
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad24 Jul 2028
A falling-out at OB
Marcus Ingvartsen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at OB
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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
A row about effort at OB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ismahila Ouédraogo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
OB rebuffed over Lee Han-Beom
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FC Copenhagen have kept their man, and OB go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market OB promote Simon Damsgaard from within
- Market Nikolaj Poulsen steps up from the OB academy
- Market Jonas Olsen steps up from the OB academy