The Inter Turku Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Inter Turku taken apart
0‑3 to SJK, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Max Dean rejects the move
Inter Turku had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at KAA Gent, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Inter Turku
Eetu Huuhtanen 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Inter Turku rebuffed over Áki Samuelsen
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mjällby have kept their man, and Inter Turku go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Loic Essomba
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Loic Essomba, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Inter Turku promote Aleksi Raitala from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aleksi Raitala 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eero Jensen steps up from the Inter Turku academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eero Jensen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Inter Turku promote Petteri Toivio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Petteri Toivio 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Inter Turku promote Riku Jensen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Riku Jensen 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
- Squad A row about effort at Inter Turku
- Boardroom Nobody left the Inter Turku dressing room in a hurry
- Squad 7 new faces, and Inter Turku are still learning each other