The Valerenga Gazette
Squad12 Apr 2027
Ole Sæter damages knee ligaments — 49 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 49 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match10 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten Valerenga
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Jerson Malagón 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 Valerenga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Valerenga
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words at Valerenga training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ghayas Zahid is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Taha Usman signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Taha Usman commits to Valerenga for another 4 years.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Martin Elyounoussi joins the Valerenga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Elyounoussi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
Valerenga promote Tobias Sorloth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tobias Sorloth 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Vegard Odegaard joins the Valerenga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vegard Odegaard 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 Valerenga promote Marcus Elyounoussi from within
- Match Valerenga see off Bodo/Glimt
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Mohamed Ofkir