Marked for Robert Ivanov
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad7 Dec 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bismark Ampofo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Jussi Niska and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Max Kulmala and Inter Turku agree another 3 years.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Albin Granlund, and the manager let it.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
When it matters, Alie Conteh 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.
Market7 Dec 2026
The Loic Essomba talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Turku know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Back issues
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Upbeat
Squad23 Nov 2026
Eetu Huuhtanen 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 dugout23 Nov 2026
Jean Botué 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eero Vuorjoki and Inter Turku agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Jussi Niska gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jussi Niska is on it.
Market23 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Turku know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market23 Nov 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Inter Turku, another week without a signature from Seth Saarinen.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jussi Niska and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leo Jensen 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Riku Ojala 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Bismark Ampofo is on it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Jean Botué 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 Inter Turku, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Loic Essomba talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Turku know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad28 Sep 2026
Eetu Huuhtanen 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Bismark Ampofo 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 dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Albin Granlund, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
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.
Market28 Sep 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Turku know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Jasse Tuominen has written the date down.
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Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Inter Turku scored in the 92th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
Squad3 Aug 2026
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 26. 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Robert Ivanov and Inter Turku agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Casarano have kept their man, and Inter Turku go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match1 Aug 2026
HJK made Inter Turku work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.