The Odd Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Josef Baccay beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 35. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market10 Aug 2026
Odd say no — this time
The offer from Viking for Josef Baccay was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Odd make their move for Sory Diarra
$550.0K on the table at Haugesund. 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
Hinrik Harðarson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Hinrik Harðarson and Odd agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Odd beat the market to Marcus Mehnert from Stromsgodset
Stromsgodset will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Marcus Mehnert has pre-agreed a move to Odd, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Odd rebuffed over Ovidiu Tanase
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pandurii have kept their man, and Odd go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Odd come up short against Molde
Molde left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Tim Erlandsson
“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
One of our own: Patrick Singh joins the Odd first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick 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
- Market Odd promote Magnus Henriksen from within
- Market Aron Hauge steps up from the Odd academy
- The dugout Jonas Meling faces the questions