Samuel Kroon

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Marked for Samuel Kroon

3 Edition

The Ekenäs IF Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

SalPa come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Ekenäs IF did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Ekenäs IF close the window on a squad of their own making

18 in and 2 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.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Ekenäs IF go back to the board over Tòfol Montiel

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $365.4K — a club that wants Tòfol Montiel enough to be asked twice.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Ekenäs IF

Oliver Heino 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

IF Gnistan tell Ekenäs IF: Oskar Lyberopoulos 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Ekenäs IF ask about Lawrence Ouma

A loan enquiry to SJK: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Ekenäs IF try to borrow Dan Lauri

TPS have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Market17 Aug 2026

Still no signature from Oskari Sallinen

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

Samuel Kroon 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 Ekenäs IF would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Ekenäs IF Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Yiandro Raap is a medical away from Ekenäs IF

The deal with Ilves is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Ekenäs IF to lose David Agbo for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. David Agbo 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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Ekenäs IF bid $250.0K for Tòfol Montiel

The offer went to FC Lahti this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Oliver Heino 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 Ekenäs IF this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

AC Oulu tell Ekenäs IF: Niklas Jokelainen 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Onni Forss joins the Ekenäs IF first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Onni Forss is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Riku Hakola steps up from the Ekenäs IF academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Riku Hakola 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Saku Jensen joins the Ekenäs IF first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Saku Jensen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Rasmus Pohjanpalo steps up from the Ekenäs IF academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rasmus Pohjanpalo 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.

In brief

  • Squad Samuel Kroon needs a bigger stage
  • Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched David Agbo
  • Squad 10 new faces, and Ekenäs IF are still learning each other