The Valur Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Aron Jóhannsson's — 9.10
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.10, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Marius Hagi turns down Valur
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Pandurii keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Samúel Kári Friðjónsson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Samúel Kári Friðjónsson commits to Valur for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Valur this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Santiago Wanderers tell Valur: Marcos Camarda is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Valur see off Breidablik
Three points for Valur, 2‑0 the final word against Breidablik in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valur promote Emil Ingason from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emil Ingason 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
Dagur Palsson steps up from the Valur academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dagur Palsson 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
Andri Sigurdsson steps up from the Valur academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andri Sigurdsson 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 Andri Eyjolfsson steps up from the Valur academy
- Player ratings Jónatan Ingi Jónsson in the eights
- The dugout Ari Thorsteinsson: “That is the standard”