The AIK Sentinel
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Adrian Helm says AIK went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Deadline passes with 9 signed and 7 gone
That is the business done at AIK until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
A new deal for Alexander Lustig
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The step up is real for Emmanuel Gono
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at AIK
Áron Csongvai and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
6 academy graduates step up at AIK
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Taha Ayari signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Taha Ayari and AIK agree another 5 years.
The terraces5 Apr 2027
AIK supporters have found a favourite in Lucas Assadi
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Lucas Assadi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market5 Apr 2027
AIK promote Isak Augustinsson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Isak Augustinsson 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.
In brief
- Market Sebastian Lindelof steps up from the AIK academy
- Market AIK promote Robin Lustig from within
- Market Isak Larsson steps up from the AIK academy