The Valerenga Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Magnus Westergaard stays at Valerenga
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Helsingborg had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $7.6M for Jens Petter Hauge
Valerenga have gone to Bodo/Glimt 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
Too dear: Valerenga walk away from Sander Svendsen
$6.8M was the most the club would pay and Konyaspor were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Dennis Gjengaar was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Valerenga go back to the board over Jens Petter Hauge
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $7.0M — a club that wants Jens Petter Hauge enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Valerenga
Ghayas Zahid was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Oscar Hedvall stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Oscar Hedvall and Valerenga agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Valerenga rebuffed over Sondre Granaas
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Molde have kept their man, and Valerenga go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Valerenga agree a free transfer for Alagie Sanyang
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
In brief
- Market Valerenga promote Ole Elyounoussi from within
- Market Stefan Hauge steps up from the Valerenga academy
- Market Valerenga promote Marcus Elyounoussi from within