The Sarpsborg 08 Courier
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Sander Christiansen: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sarpsborg 08 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets10 Apr 2028
No thanks: Adrian Skogmar rejects the move
Sarpsborg 08 had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Malmo FF, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Sarpsborg 08
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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Words at Sarpsborg 08 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aimar Sher 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.
Transfer targets10 Apr 2028
Sarpsborg 08 rebuffed over Anders Molund
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bryne have kept their man, and Sarpsborg 08 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Tobias Thorsby joins the Sarpsborg 08 first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tobias Thorsby is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
Mathias Sorloth steps up from the Sarpsborg 08 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathias Sorloth 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
Fredrik Odegaard steps up from the Sarpsborg 08 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fredrik Odegaard 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
Sarpsborg 08 promote Ole Strandberg from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ole Strandberg has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Leander Øy
- Match Sarpsborg 08 come up short against Bodo/Glimt
- Squad Mathias Svenningsen-Grønn stays put