The Valerenga Gazette
Market10 Apr 2028
Brice Ambina asks to leave Valerenga
“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.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
Ulrik Gjøslien Martins keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Valerenga may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match8 Apr 2028
Whatever happens, Valerenga do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Henrik Skogvold 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 Valerenga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Valerenga
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Ghayas Zahid falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets10 Apr 2028
Door shut on Ante Vuković
Valerenga asked and AEK said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Apr 2028
One of our own: Ruben Lien joins the Valerenga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruben Lien is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Apr 2028
Valerenga promote Jonas Linnes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonas Linnes 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.
In brief
- Market Fredrik Elyounoussi steps up from the Valerenga academy
- Looking ahead The neighbours are next for Valerenga
- Squad Valerenga are still strangers to each other