The Sogndal Courier
The dugout9 Apr 2029
Even Hovland: 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.” Sogndal have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market9 Apr 2029
Taha Usman is a Sogndal 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.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Jakob Vester 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 Sogndal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Sogndal
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.
Transfer targets9 Apr 2029
Sogndal rebuffed over Bossman Debra
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bodo/Glimt have kept their man, and Sogndal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout9 Apr 2029
No hiding place for Jakob Vester
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jakob Vester, and the manager let it.
Market9 Apr 2029
Sogndal promote Hakon Daehli from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hakon Daehli 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.
Market9 Apr 2029
One of our own: Jonas Ajer joins the Sogndal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonas Ajer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market9 Apr 2029
Lars Lien steps up from the Sogndal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Lien 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.
In brief
- The dugout Khadar Abdi Ibrahim frozen out at Sogndal
- Match Sogndal come up short against Haugesund
- Squad A row about effort at Sogndal