The Stabaek Post
Squad5 Feb 2029
A fracture rules Juan Ignacio Duma out for 18 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Stabaek will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Stabaek put Ole Riise on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Crisis meeting at Stabaek
The official line will be that it was routine. It was not routine, the timing says so, and every person in that room knows what the next bad result costs.
Market5 Feb 2029
Alagie Sanyang 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 The request is on a desk at Stabaek, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Santiago Ricca keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Stabaek may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Timur Kraikov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Timur Kraikov and Stabaek agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Marius Lundemo 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 Stabaek this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Børre Kloster will join Stabaek for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Børre Kloster has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Stabaek have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market5 Feb 2029
No place for Marius Lundemo in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Marius Lundemo has his answer from Stabaek; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Stabaek sign Ante Petkovic, one for the future
- Market Experience through the door at Stabaek
- Boardroom $2.9M taken back off the Stabaek table