The Halmstad Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Joel Allansson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Joel Allansson and Halmstad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Halmstad
Pascal Gregor 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
André Boman 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Omar Faraj
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Halmstad and Pascal Gregor
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Halmstad, another week without a signature from Pascal Gregor.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Omar Faraj 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 Halmstad, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Jesper Westermark's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
Iddrisu Moro told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Iddrisu Moro has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Halmstad.
Match1 Aug 2026
No goals between Halmstad and Gefle
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Gefle will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Market Still no signature from Niilo Mäenpää
- Player ratings Emmanuel Yeboah ran the game