The Sandefjord Sentinel
Market14 Dec 2026
Evangelos Patoulidis asks to leave Sandefjord
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Dec 2026
Nikolaj Möller wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Sandefjord hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Lamin Njie is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market14 Dec 2026
One of our own: Ole Odegaard joins the Sandefjord first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ole Odegaard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Dec 2026
One of our own: Jonas Henriksen joins the Sandefjord first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonas Henriksen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Sandefjord training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mathias Sauer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Elias Hadaya has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sandefjord will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Evangelos Patoulidis asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The formation has left Dylan Alexander Twiddy behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Sandefjord will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Squad Sander Risan Mørk wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout Marcus Melchior keeps his manager's vote