The Aalesund Chronicle
Squad2 Apr 2040
Uba Charles breaks a bone — 15 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom2 Apr 2040
Aalesund spell it out for Interim Coach
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom2 Apr 2040
Crisis meeting at Aalesund
The official line will be that it was routine. It was not routine, the timing says so, and every person in that room knows what the next bad result costs.
Squad2 Apr 2040
Bobby Yahouedeou has been here 12 seasons
99 appearances across 12 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Squad2 Apr 2040
Tomás Migliore wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Aalesund know it.
Squad2 Apr 2040
Tempers go at Aalesund
Uba Charles 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.
In brief
- Market Patrick Ryerson told to find a new club
- Market The Simen Haram story refuses to die
- Market Henrik Linnes leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Aalesund dressing room answers