The Viking Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Viking say no — this time
The offer from Molde for Zlatko Tripic 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Anders Bærtelsen puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Viking, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Arild Østbø
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Arild Østbø will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Viking the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Jakob Segadal Hansen
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Henrik Falchener signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Henrik Falchener and Viking agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joe Bell 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Henrik Heggheim
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Viking and Edvin Austbø
“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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Veton Berisha
A mark of 7.99, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Match Veton Berisha rescues a point for Viking
- Squad Joe Bell asks for a word with the manager