Lars Sorloth

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Tromso
27 Nov 2032
Saturday
Process

Marked for Lars Sorloth

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The Tromso Herald

15 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Thomas Bohinen is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tromso is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Tromso

Mads Sande 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.

Squad

Adam Andersen 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.

The dugout

Lars Sorloth gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Birger Selnaes told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Birger Selnaes has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Tromso.

The dugout

Snorre Strand Nilsen has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Tromso will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad

Giovanni Giunti still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Tromso would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Market

The Ibaider Garriz talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tromso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Talks stall between Tromso and Thomas Bohinen

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

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Match

No end in sight to Tromso's wait for a win

8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tromso has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Mads Sande 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 Tromso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

127% of the income goes out in wages at Tromso

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Jonas Sorloth signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jonas Sorloth and Tromso agree another 3 years.

Squad

Vegard Svensson 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.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Interim Coach was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Tromso dressing room was either.

The dugout

No hiding place for Lars Sorloth

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lars Sorloth, and the manager let it.

Squad

A ban for Ibaider Garriz

One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Tromso lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Amir Jama

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

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The Tromso Herald

2 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Piero Solinas breaks a bone — 66 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 66 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout

Lars Sorloth says Tromso 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.

Squad

10 seasons of Jakob Haugaard

335 appearances across 10 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Tromso know what they have.

Player ratings

Ibaider Garriz pops up at the right end — 7.87

7.87, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Market

Tromso say no — this time

The offer from Kristiansund for Birger Selnaes was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Mads Sande 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 Tromso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Tromso bid $140.0K for Abduljeleel Abdulateef

The offer went to Valerenga this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets

An offer of $9.0K for Stefan Selnaes

Tromso have gone to Stabaek with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad

Julius Ødegaard signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Julius Ødegaard commits to Tromso for another 4 years.

In brief

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The Tromso Herald

17 Nov 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Mads Sande 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 Tromso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

Ibaider Garriz gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Lars Sorloth signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lars Sorloth and Tromso agree another 3 years.

Squad

A row about effort at Tromso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Snorre Strand Nilsen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Amir Jama asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Kristian Pedersen is the weekend's best young player

At 17 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

The dugout

Daniel Eid has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Tromso will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market

Ibaider Garriz linked with a move away

The name of Ibaider Garriz keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tromso say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

A door opens for Deni Dashaev

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

  • Market The clock does Marius Jacobsen’s negotiating for him
  • Boardroom The Tromso production line keeps running
  • Match Mid-table, and Tromso know it