The Kongsvinger Gazette
Market15 Mar 2027
Kongsvinger pay Ufa $2.9M for a proper upgrade
Ufa did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $2.9M for Dilan Ortíz, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Transfer targets15 Mar 2027
Kongsvinger bid $500.0K for Frank Stople
The offer went to Haugesund this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Kongsvinger
Sondre Norheim 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.
The terraces15 Mar 2027
The town asked, and Kongsvinger paid $2.9M
Dilan Ortíz was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $2.9M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Kongsvinger
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andreas Dybevik was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets15 Mar 2027
Door shut on Timofey Mitrov
Kongsvinger asked and Shinnik 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 dugout15 Mar 2027
Alexey Gorodovoy back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Kongsvinger has worked with Alexey Gorodovoy before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Squad15 Mar 2027
This league is too small for Dilan Ortíz
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Kongsvinger will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Kongsvinger are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout Markus Flores gets picked when it counts
- Market The Simen Hestnes story refuses to die
- The dugout Hakon Lien knocks on the manager's door