The RoPS Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Niilo Husu due for a RoPS medical
Everything agreed with Ilves, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pyry Mentu turns down RoPS
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: HJK keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at RoPS
Finn Heiserholt 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
RoPS rebuffed over Andre Raymond
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ilves have kept their man, and RoPS go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for RoPS against IFK Mariehamn
1‑2 to IFK Mariehamn, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leo Joronen steps up from the RoPS academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leo Joronen 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
RoPS promote Riku Jensen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Riku Jensen 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
Nikolai Forss steps up from the RoPS academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nikolai Forss 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
One of our own: Daniel Ojala joins the RoPS first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Ojala is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Jere Koponen
- Squad No place for Juho Pirttijoki in the new shape
- The dugout The view from the dugout