The Ekenäs IF Courier
Market28 Aug 2028
Oskari Sallinen puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Ekenäs IF, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
The paperwork begins on Lucas Jorgensen
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Ekenäs IF have done the hard part with Brondby, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Ekenäs IF
Lucas Pimentel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words at Ekenäs IF training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ally Reynolds 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.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Asla Peltola gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Oskari Sallinen gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Oskari Sallinen is on it.
Market28 Aug 2028
The Lucas Pimentel story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lucas Pimentel signs something — a contract at Ekenäs IF or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Asla Peltola has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Ekenäs IF will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Market28 Aug 2028
Talks stall between Ekenäs IF and Robin Jensen
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- The dugout Annan Mensah asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Oliver Güneş is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Oskari Sallinen