The KuPS Post
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
KuPS go back to the board over Otto Tiitinen
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $180.0K — a club that wants Otto Tiitinen enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Vincent Gonzalez will not be coming to KuPS
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Chamois Niortais is saying, and nobody at KuPS is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Arttu Lötjönen signs for HIFK while still at KuPS
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Arttu Lötjönen has agreed terms with HIFK for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
KuPS bid $180.0K for Otto Tiitinen
The offer went to Ilves 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.
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 agree a free transfer for Adam Vidjeskog
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at KuPS
Valentín Gasc 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Juhani Taylor joins the KuPS first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juhani Taylor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market KuPS promote Paulus Toivio from within
- Market One of our own: Robin Karjalainen joins the KuPS first team
- Market KuPS promote Amos Karjalainen from within