Øyvind Alseth

Right Back - Narva Trans
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Øyvind Alseth

5 Edition

The Narva Trans Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Shalva Burjanadze 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 The request is on a desk at Narva Trans, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Narva Trans

Filip Pajović 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.

Market

Narva Trans get their man

The chase for Mattias Sapp ended with $24.0K changing hands and Paide out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Øyvind Alseth

“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.

Squad

A season on the outside for Filip Pajović

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Narva Trans has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Squad

Pa Modou Sohna has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Narva Trans will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Narva Trans Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The cup run ends for Narva Trans

0‑1 against FCI Tallinn, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market

Aleksandr Ivanjušin 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 Narva Trans can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Denis Poliakov out for 154 days

The medical room confirms 154 days on the sidelines for Denis Poliakov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Filip Pajović 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 Narva Trans this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Filip Pajović 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.

Player ratings

Pa Modou Sohna runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

This league is too small for Øyvind Alseth

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Narva Trans will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Player ratings

Bachana Arabuli keeps on missing

Shots: 5, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Player ratings

The one thing Vladislav Lutashev could not do

Shots: 7, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

In brief

3 Edition

The Narva Trans Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Narva Trans

Filip Pajović 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

Shalva Burjanadze 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

Víctor Villalba has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Narva Trans know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Market

Artjom Škinjov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Narva Trans has been clear about where Artjom Škinjov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Øyvind Alseth 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 Narva Trans would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Market

German Šlein linked with a move away

The name of German Šlein keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Narva Trans say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief