The Sandefjord Sentinel
The dugout9 Apr 2029
Elion Krosa: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sandefjord have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market9 Apr 2029
Sandefjord turn down Bodo/Glimt for Elion Krosa
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Sandefjord
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
Words at Sandefjord training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Martin Gjone is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets9 Apr 2029
Door shut on Mads Eikrem Myklebust
Sandefjord asked and Fredrikstad said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces9 Apr 2029
The crowd has taken to Sebastian Holm Mathisen
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match7 Apr 2029
Sandefjord get the job done against Kongsvinger
A 2‑0 win over Kongsvinger, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market9 Apr 2029
Fredrik Haaland steps up from the Sandefjord academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fredrik Haaland 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.
Market9 Apr 2029
One of our own: Bjorn Berge joins the Sandefjord first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bjorn Berge is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Lars King steps up from the Sandefjord academy
- Player ratings Elias Jemal was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad Words exchanged at Sandefjord