The Molde Chronicle
Squad9 Apr 2029
Davor Zdravkovski damages knee ligaments — 53 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 53 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market9 Apr 2029
Not going: Sivert Sira Hansen stays at Molde
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Mjondalen had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Player ratings9 Apr 2029
Frederik Elkær was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
Mads Eikrem Myklebust says Molde went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
Lars Pedersen signs on for the long haul
Molde moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Lars Pedersen, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Jacob Christensen signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jacob Christensen and Molde agree another 4 years.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Molde
Isak Helstad Amundsen 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.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Molde
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.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Sebastian Olderheim 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.
In brief
- Market Bjorn Bohinen steps up from the Molde academy
- Market One of our own: Sander Lien joins the Molde first team
- Market Molde promote Vegard Haaland from within