The Vikingur Chronicle
Match10 Apr 2028
Nobody above Vikingur
First, on 45 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Market10 Apr 2028
Helgi Guðjónsson has said yes to Keflavik
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Vikingur have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Vikingur
Gylfi Sigurðsson 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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Vikingur
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bojan Adžić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Valdimar Þór Ingimundarson 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 Valdimar Þór Ingimundarson is on it.
Market10 Apr 2028
The Elías Már Ómarsson question follows Vikingur around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Elías Már Ómarsson’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
A door opens for Davíð Helgi Aronsson
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market10 Apr 2028
The window shut and Elías Már Ómarsson is still in the building
Vikingur spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Stefán Þór S. Ágústsson 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
- Squad The penny has dropped for Malte Heyde
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Tarik Ibrahimagic
- Squad Jon Bodvarsson back in training