The IK Start Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
IK Start make their move for Ewan Henderson
$7.3M on the table at Wycombe Wanderers. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
John Olav Norheim signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” John Olav Norheim commits to IK Start for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at IK Start
Filip Manojlović 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
IK Start come up short against Bodo/Glimt
Bodo/Glimt left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
IK Start rebuffed over Kristian Eriksen
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Molde have kept their man, and IK Start go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Deni Dashaev again
The phone has started ringing about Deni Dashaev again, and this time the name on the line is Tromso. IK Start are listening politely and promising nothing.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for John Olav Norheim
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to John Olav Norheim, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
IK Start promote Patrick Elyounoussi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Elyounoussi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kristian Hauge steps up from the IK Start academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kristian Hauge 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ruben Johansen joins the IK Start first team
- Player ratings Håkon Lorentzen in the eights
- Squad Altin Ujkani falls out with a teammate over standards