Sam Krafth

Right Midfielder - Västerås SK U20
20 Sep 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Sam Krafth

77 Edition

The Västerås SK Chronicle

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The knee: Sam Krafth out for 21 days

21 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Västerås SK lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout

Mattias Hellisdal frozen out at Västerås SK

This is not rotation. Mattias Hellisdal has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Västerås SK is pretending otherwise.

Squad

A row about effort at Västerås SK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Freddy Nsabiyumva was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Måns Isaksson 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 Måns Isaksson is on it.

The dugout

Musab Abdi Mohamud 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.

Market

The Axel Taonsa talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Västerås SK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Mattias Hellisdal has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Västerås SK that is a harder question to answer.

The dugout

Melvin Ljungqvist knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Västerås SK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Still no ink between Västerås SK and Flavio Ferrari

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Västerås SK, another week without a signature from Flavio Ferrari.

In brief

Back issues
20 Edition

The Västerås SK Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Västerås SK

Anton Fagerström and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Philip Bonde signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Philip Bonde and Västerås SK agree another 4 years.

Squad

Words at Västerås SK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Freddy Nsabiyumva 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Jonathan Ring

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Adam Ekdal steps up from the Västerås SK academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Adam Ekdal 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.

Market

Sebastian Augustinsson steps up from the Västerås SK academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian Augustinsson 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.

Market

Sam Krafth steps up from the Västerås SK academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sam Krafth 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.

Market

One of our own: Nils Claesson joins the Västerås SK first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nils Claesson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

Philip Bonde knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Västerås SK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief