The Aalesund Chronicle
Squad12 Apr 2032
Attila Szalai damages knee ligaments — 46 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 46 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.
The terraces12 Apr 2032
Supporters organise against the Aalesund board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Squad12 Apr 2032
Christian Eliah Caparras Sand gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Christian Eliah Caparras Sand has just signed for Aalesund, and for once the answer mattered.
Market12 Apr 2032
Akanni Lawal puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aalesund, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout12 Apr 2032
Karsten Cairns keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Aalesund may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Apr 2032
Tempers go at Aalesund
Attila Szalai 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.
Boardroom12 Apr 2032
11 academy players handed senior numbers at Aalesund
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.
Transfer targets12 Apr 2032
Tromso tell Aalesund: Thomas Bohinen 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.
Match10 Apr 2032
A bad afternoon for Aalesund against Ranheim
0‑2 to Ranheim, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Market Morten Elyounoussi steps up from the Aalesund academy
- Market Patrick Odegaard steps up from the Aalesund academy
- Market One of our own: Patrick Singh joins the Aalesund first team