The IK Brage Courier
Market15 Jan 2029
Muhamed Diomande asks to leave IK Brage
“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 dugout15 Jan 2029
Adam Sandström frozen out at IK Brage
This is not rotation. Adam Sandström has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at IK Brage is pretending otherwise.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Tempers go at IK Brage
Gustav Nordh 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A row about effort at IK Brage
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gustav Berggren was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
When it matters, Viktor Frodig 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 dugout15 Jan 2029
Bamir Sadiku knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at IK Brage, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market15 Jan 2029
The shop window has Gustav Berggren in it
IK Brage have let the market know Gustav Berggren can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market15 Jan 2029
IK Brage and Leon Cornaire are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A season on the outside for Kayen Scheepens
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at IK Brage has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Anton Kurochkin
- Squad Marcus Olsen is not doing himself any favours
- Match Mid-table, and IK Brage know it