Patrick King

Central Defender - Stabaek U18
10 Jul 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Patrick King

135 Edition

The Stabaek Post

26 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Morten Bjørlo 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 The request is on a desk at Stabaek, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Stabaek turn down Lyn for Kimi Løkkevik

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Sebastian Olderheim is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.10 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Stabaek know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

A row about effort at Stabaek

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Morten Bjørlo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Stabaek rebuffed over Syver Skeide

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bodo/Glimt have kept their man, and Stabaek go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Patrick King out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Patrick King, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Mats Frimann Hansen signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mats Frimann Hansen commits to Stabaek for another 4 years.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Viktor Jansson is in the works

Stabaek have made the call to Mjällby. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout

Jon Øya gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jon Øya is on it.

In brief

Back issues
131 Edition

The Stabaek Post

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Stabaek turn down Oviedo for Sebastian Olderheim

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Remember the name: Sebastian Olderheim

He is 21, he is averaging 7.10, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

A falling-out at Stabaek

Marius Lundemo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jacob Hanstad

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Patrick King out for 50 days

The medical room confirms 50 days on the sidelines for Patrick King, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Camilo Pinillo wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Stabaek know it.

In brief

78 Edition

The Stabaek Post

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Wellington Phoenix come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Stabaek did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

A falling-out at Stabaek

Marius Lundemo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Ayoub Aleesami 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.

In brief