Andreas Hellum

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Lyn
27 Jan 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Andreas Hellum

25 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Brage Hylen asks to leave Lyn

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at Lyn

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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Didrik Fredriksen

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

Market

Still no ink between Lyn and Sander Amble Haugen

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Lyn, another week without a signature from Sander Amble Haugen.

The dugout

William Sell knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and William Sell trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The Andreas Hellum talk will not go away

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

In brief

Back issues
24 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Lyn

Mads Sande and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

No hiding place for William Kurtovic

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

Market

Talks stall between Lyn and William Sell

“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.

The dugout

Sander Amble Haugen 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.

Market

The Tobias Børkeeiet story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Tobias Børkeeiet signs something — a contract at Lyn or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout

Eron Isufi has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Lyn 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

A wage question at Lyn

Andreas Hellum has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

Squad

“I want to play”: Martin Dobloug Rasen speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Market

Henrik Wroll-Evensen placed on the list

Lyn have made Henrik Wroll-Evensen available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager comes out for Mads Sande
  • Squad Mads Sande is the talk of the training ground
23 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Lyn

William Sell and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Eron Isufi is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Julius Skaug

“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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 108% of everything Lyn earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Market

Talks stall between Lyn and Tobias Børkeeiet

“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.

The dugout

Andreas Hellum knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lyn, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

A promotion for William Kurtovic

Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. William Kurtovic has moved up it.

The dugout

Martin Dobloug Rasen is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Market

The Mads Sande story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mads Sande signs something — a contract at Lyn or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

22 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Andreas Hellum 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 Lyn this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Lyn training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ebrima Sawaneh 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Kristian Hjelvik Halvorsen

“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.

In brief

19 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ådne Midtskogen is on his way

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

Squad

A falling-out at Lyn

Mads Sande and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Julius Skaug stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Julius Skaug and Lyn agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of William Sell

“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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 117% of everything Lyn earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen has come out of that comparison in the side, and Lyn have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout

Mame Alassane Niang knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mame Alassane Niang trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

Didrik Fredriksen loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Didrik Fredriksen. Lyn will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Martin Dobloug Rasen'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.

In brief

18 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

William Kurtovic is on his way

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

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 Lyn this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

William Sell knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lyn, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen named player of the week

One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.

Market

Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen linked with a move away

The name of Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Lyn say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Still no signature from Julius Skaug

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Lyn could get for him.

In brief

17 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Lyn come from 3 down to beat Stabaek

At 3 goals adrift this was a formality, and the formality lasted right up until it did not. Lyn found something the first half had given no notice of, and Stabaek could not hold what they had.

Player ratings

A brace, and Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen takes the afternoon — 8.93

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen provided it, and the 8.93 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Both of them Andreas Hellum's — 8.89

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.89, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

Brage Hylen 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 Lyn, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Julius Skaug is on his way

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

Squad

Tempers go at Lyn

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.

Match

Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen sends Lyn past Stabaek

It finished 4‑3, and it was Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Lyn.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Brage Hylen

At 21 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.

Squad

Mathias Johansen makes it 200

200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

In brief

  • The dugout No hiding place for Didrik Fredriksen
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout A promise honoured at Lyn
16 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Davod Arzani is on his way

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Lyn

Andreas Hellum and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Isak Kjelsrud Vik signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Isak Kjelsrud Vik commits to Lyn for another 4 years.

The dugout

No hiding place for William Kurtovic

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

The dugout

Andreas Hellum knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lyn, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Tobias Børkeeiet

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Stabaek in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market

The Tobias Børkeeiet story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Tobias Børkeeiet signs something — a contract at Lyn or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout

When it matters, Eron Isufi plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad

A wage question at Lyn

Andreas Hellum has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

In brief

15 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Ådne Midtskogen is on his way

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

Match

4 matches without a win for Lyn

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Lyn are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

A falling-out at Lyn

Andreas Hellum and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Lyn and William Sell are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout

Andreas Hellum 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.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Martin Strandberg on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Match

Lyn draw a blank against Åsane

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Åsane defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

The dugout

Martin Dobloug Rasen is still paying for one afternoon at Lyn

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief

14 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

William Kurtovic has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Lyn they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

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 Lyn this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Andreas Hellum’s goal not enough for Lyn

Andreas Hellum scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Egersund, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Market

Talks stall between Lyn and Tobias Børkeeiet

“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.

The dugout

Martin Strandberg faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Martin Strandberg after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Herman Solberg Nilsen

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Herman Solberg Nilsen has come out of that comparison in the side, and Lyn have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout

The form table has caught Brage Hylen

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout

No hiding place for Mats Trige

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

Looking ahead

Didrik Fredriksen goes back to face Åsane

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Didrik Fredriksen’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Lyn needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

12 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Davod Arzani has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Lyn they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Words exchanged at Lyn

Mads Sande and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

A bad afternoon for Lyn against Aalesund

1‑2 to Aalesund, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

No hiding place for Alexander Pedersen

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

Squad

Appearance number 200 for Mads Sande

200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

Squad

Eron Isufi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eron Isufi commits to Lyn for another 4 years.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Martin Strandberg to a room that had heard them before.

Player ratings

Mads Sande was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Bookings catch up with Tobias Børkeeiet

One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Lyn will feel it on Saturday.

In brief

9 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

A brace, and Andreas Hellum takes the afternoon — 8.32

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Andreas Hellum provided it, and the 8.32 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Only the photograph left for Julius Skaug

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Julius Skaug will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Lyn the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Lyn

Andreas Hellum 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.

Match

Andreas Hellum’s goal not enough for Lyn

Andreas Hellum scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Raufoss, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

No hiding place for Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen

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

Match

Lyn hit back inside 1 minutes

Raufoss held the lead for 1 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Lyn answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.

Squad

9 new faces, and Lyn are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

Martin Strandberg faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Martin Strandberg after 2‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout

Andreas Hellum knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Andreas Hellum trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

8 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Herman Solberg Nilsen has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Lyn they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Words exchanged at Lyn

Andreas Hellum and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

No hiding place for Mame Alassane Niang

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

Player ratings

Mads Sande beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Andreas Hellum knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Andreas Hellum trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

Martin Strandberg: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Andreas Hellum

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Match

No goals between Lyn and Sogndal

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Sogndal will be the happier side with the point.

Market

The clock does Herman Solberg Nilsen’s negotiating for him

3 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Lyn could ask drops and the wages Herman Solberg Nilsen can ask rise.

In brief

4 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Andreas Hellum hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lyn can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Only the photograph left for Herman Solberg Nilsen

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Herman Solberg Nilsen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Lyn the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market

So close: Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Stabaek moved on, Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen reports back to Lyn, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Player ratings

Julius Skaug goes up and wins it — 7.64

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.64 for the rest of it.

Boardroom

Lyn go back to the board over Mustapha Abu

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.7K — a club that wants Mustapha Abu enough to be asked twice.

Boardroom

Julius Skaug has agreed to leave Lyn for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Tempers go at Lyn

Alexander Pedersen 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Atli Þór Jónasson

Lyn asked and Vikingur said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match

Lyn see off Hødd

Three points for Lyn, 1‑0 the final word against Hødd in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief

3 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

$550.0K — a new record at Lyn

No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.

Match

The small margins put Lyn out

Out, 1‑2 to Moss, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Only the photograph left for Ådne Midtskogen

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ådne Midtskogen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Lyn the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Liam Cullen

Lyn asked and Swansea City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Eron Isufi at 18 — 7.84

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Eron Isufi did not need any: 7.84, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Boardroom

Lyn close the window on a squad of their own making

15 in and 15 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Boardroom

Lyn go back to the board over Viljar Vevatne

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $79.6K — a club that wants Viljar Vevatne enough to be asked twice.

Match

4 matches without a win for Lyn

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Lyn are no longer polite ones.

Boardroom

Lyn to lose Ådne Midtskogen for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Ådne Midtskogen has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

In brief

  • Squad A falling-out at Lyn
  • Transfer targets Lyn make their move for Mustapha Abu
  • Market Stabaek are about to pick up the phone
2 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Eyes on Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen again

The phone has started ringing about Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen again, and this time the name on the line is Stabaek. Lyn are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets

Lyn make their move for Mads Sande

$550.0K on the table at Brann. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets

No deal for Henrik Udahl at that price

Lyn offered $880.0K; HamKam said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

Alexander Pedersen signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexander Pedersen and Lyn agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Lyn

Andreas Hellum 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

Martin Dobloug Rasen gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Martin Dobloug Rasen has just signed for Lyn, and for once the answer mattered.

Match

A bad afternoon for Lyn against Mjondalen

1‑3 to Mjondalen, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Transfer targets

FC Nordsjaelland tell Lyn: Andreas Gülstorff is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

1 Edition

The Lyn Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Lyn say no — this time

The offer from Ranheim for William Sell 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.

Transfer targets

Lyn make their move for Niklas Jensen Wassberg

$540.0K on the table at Brann. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Player ratings

Anders Bjørntvedt Olsen beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets

Lyn make their move for Henrik Udahl

$360.0K on the table at HamKam. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Mame Alassane Niang signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mame Alassane Niang and Lyn agree another 5 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Lyn

William Sell 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

Words at Lyn training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ådne Midtskogen 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.

Market

Lyn and William Sell are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

8 new faces, and Lyn are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief