The Viking Sentinel
Squad9 Apr 2029
Zlatko Tripic signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Zlatko Tripic commits to Viking for another 2 years.
Player ratings9 Apr 2029
Gustav Nyheim runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Henrik Falchener 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.
Market9 Apr 2029
Birger Johansen is a Viking player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market9 Apr 2029
Stian Bohinen is a Viking player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market9 Apr 2029
Ole Pedersen comes home
The shirt still fits. Ole Pedersen is back at Viking, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market9 Apr 2029
As if he never left: Ruben Odegaard returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Ruben Odegaard is a Viking player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Match7 Apr 2029
Haugesund take the points off Viking
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Apr 2029
No hiding place for Geovanni Vianney
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Geovanni Vianney, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Edvin Austbø
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Boardroom Viking board go back on their word