The Viking Sentinel
Market14 Feb 2028
Ruben Alte asks to leave Viking
“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 Feb 2028
KFUM Oslo watching Henrik Heggheim
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Viking have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Viking baulk at the price for Johan Meyer
IK Start wanted more than $600.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Ruben Alte in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Viking this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
FC Midtjylland tell Viking: Nahir Besara is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market14 Feb 2028
Patrick Bohinen steps up from the Viking academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Bohinen 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Viking promote Hakon Meling from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hakon Meling 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.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
When it matters, Henrik Heggheim plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Ruben Alte 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
- Boardroom $366.7K lands at Viking thanks to Romano Postema
- Squad “I want to play”: Niklas Jensen Wassberg speaks
- Squad Henrik Bjørdal has started doing his badges