The Haugesund Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $4.5M for Prince Adu Kwabena
Haugesund have gone to Viktoria Plzen with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Geovanni Vianney due for a Haugesund medical
Everything agreed with FC Copenhagen, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pyry Hannola signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pyry Hannola and Haugesund agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Haugesund
Parfait Bizoza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Sory Diarra
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Haugesund promote Patrick Thorsby from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Thorsby 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
Morten Thorsby steps up from the Haugesund academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Morten Thorsby 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 Aug 2026
Haugesund promote Jens Haaland from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jens Haaland 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
One of our own: Morten Singh joins the Haugesund first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Morten Singh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Haugesund against Stromsgodset
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Haugesund
- The dugout Marcus Svensson: “No excuses”