The Sogndal Courier
Squad24 Dec 2035
Christoph Hinteregger breaks a bone — 69 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 69 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market24 Dec 2035
Only the photograph left for Marcus Eskildsen
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marcus Eskildsen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sogndal the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad24 Dec 2035
The decline has begun for Rasmus Eggen Vinge
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 34 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Sogndal is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Squad24 Dec 2035
Sogndal lose Stefan Odegaard
32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 Dec 2035
Tempers go at Sogndal
Elias Tenden 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.
The dugout24 Dec 2035
The manager has not finished forgetting Jan Adžić's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market24 Dec 2035
The Lūkass Vapne question follows Sogndal around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Lūkass Vapne’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout24 Dec 2035
A door opens for David Katlego
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.
The dugout24 Dec 2035
Thomas Karaberis 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.
In brief
- Market The clock does Elias Tenden’s negotiating for him
- Boardroom The Sogndal academy earns its keep