The Helsingborg Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Samely Bomboko
28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Helsingborg lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market10 Aug 2026
Helsingborg spend $1.3M to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $1.3M has been paid because Matthias Nartey is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Alexander Johansson beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexander Johansson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexander Johansson commits to Helsingborg for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Helsingborg
Max Svensson 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
Mark Ugboh gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Mark Ugboh has just signed for Helsingborg, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Hannes Sveijer
Helsingborg asked and Sandviken said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Adam Akimey
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nils Kulusevski joins the Helsingborg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nils Kulusevski 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 One of our own: Daniel Ekdal joins the Helsingborg first team
- Market Helsingborg promote Emil Guidetti from within
- Match Alexander Fesshaie sends Helsingborg past Sandviken