From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market22 Jan 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HJK can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Leo Soiri commits to HJK for another 3 years.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Teemu Pukki 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.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match15 Jan 2029
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Ezeh commits to HJK for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad8 Jan 2029
Matej Marković : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market8 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miska Ylitolva commits to HJK for another 3 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Jan 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Alexandru Creţu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad25 Dec 2028
David Weiss : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Osku Maukonen
“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.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Mouhamed Guèye 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.
David Weiss David Weiss: that is not what I was promised
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Dec 2028
10 matches without a win for HJK
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around HJK are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Dec 2028
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match12 Dec 2028
Chastening afternoon for HJK
A 0-3 beating by Atlético Madrid was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match18 Dec 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad18 Dec 2028
David Ezeh says HJK went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad18 Dec 2028
“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
Boardroom
Inquest at HJK
Squad
Osku Maukonen asks for a word with the manager
Market
The Pyry Mentu talk will not go away
Boardroom
HJK keep producing them
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Dec 2028
“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.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Harlley is the real thing at 20A season average of 7.04 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. HJK know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad11 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Toivo Mero
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match28 Nov 2028
No end in sight to HJK 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HJK has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Dec 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Hörður Magnússon and HJK agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Harlley
“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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
71 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match28 Nov 2028
HJK come up short against Hammarby Hammarby left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The terraces4 Dec 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Sondre Tronstad
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market4 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad27 Nov 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Antton Nylund 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market27 Nov 2028
The Toivo Mero talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match20 Nov 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Ville Tikkanen : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad20 Nov 2028
Alfie Cicale 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Nov 2028
No end in sight to HJK 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HJK has to find a result from somewhere.
Market13 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Alexander Ring : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Harlley is the real thing at 20A season average of 7.04 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. HJK know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kaius Simojoki commits to HJK for another 4 years.
Squad13 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Matej Marković
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market6 Nov 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad6 Nov 2028
HJK will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market6 Nov 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom30 Oct 2028
HJK are in EuropeQualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.
Squad30 Oct 2028
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match24 Oct 2028
7 matches without a win for HJK
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around HJK are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Osku Maukonen
“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.
Market30 Oct 2028
Experience through the door at HJK
Tarek Carranza arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Match24 Oct 2028
HJK draw a blank against Zwolle The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Zwolle defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match23 Oct 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Kaius Simojoki : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Alfie Cicale 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Oct 2028
Ivo Chaves says HJK went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Harlley is the real thing at 20A season average of 7.04 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. HJK know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Teemu Pukki 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.
Ivo Chaves Ivo Chaves says HJK went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad9 Oct 2028
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match3 Oct 2028
6 matches without a win for HJK
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around HJK are no longer polite ones.
Market9 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sondre Tronstad commits to HJK for another 3 years.
Match3 Oct 2028
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Ivo Chaves
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Oct 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sondre Tronstad and HJK agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Alexander Ring
“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.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Matej Marković 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match25 Sep 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match19 Sep 2028
No end in sight to HJK 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HJK has to find a result from somewhere.
Market25 Sep 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Sep 2028
“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.
Match19 Sep 2028
HJK come up short against Hammarby Hammarby left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Osku Maukonen lets one through his handsA defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad25 Sep 2028
No place for Ivo Chaves on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at HJK pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad25 Sep 2028
Matej Marković 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 terraces25 Sep 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Harlley
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
In brief
Market
The Pyry Mentu talk will not go away
Boardroom
HJK keep producing them
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Harlley is the real thing at 20A season average of 7.04 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. HJK know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Peder Hoel Lervik commits to HJK for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market11 Sep 2028
Antton Nylund has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match9 Sep 2028
No end in sight to HJK 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HJK has to find a result from somewhere.
Match9 Sep 2028
A bad afternoon for HJK against SJK
0-2 to SJK , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pyry Mentu commits to HJK for another 4 years.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Market11 Sep 2028
The name of Sondre Tronstad keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match30 Aug 2028
HJK bow out of the cupIlves go through and HJK go home, 0-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market4 Sep 2028
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
Squad4 Sep 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivo Chaves and HJK agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Harlley
“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.
Squad4 Sep 2028
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Matej Marković will call it something else in private.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Inquest at HJK
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Match2 Sep 2028
HJK and FC Lahti cancel each other outNil-nil, and few chances worth the name. FC Lahti came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market4 Sep 2028
Roni Hudd placed on the listHJK have made Roni Hudd available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match28 Aug 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 36 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market28 Aug 2028
Toivo Mero has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Aug 2028
“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.
Toivo Mero Toivo Mero has one foot out of the door
Match26 Aug 2028
HJK and RoPS take a point apieceIt finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad28 Aug 2028
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at HJK pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
The terraces28 Aug 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Matej Marković
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Ivo Chaves 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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
The shirt belongs to Ivo Chaves now
At 35 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. HJK have a decision that made itself.
Market28 Aug 2028
The David Ezeh talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
Market
Window shut, Ilnur Alshin still here
Boardroom
The HJK production line keeps running
The terraces
The press have found their man in Robert Taylor
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market21 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Aug 2028
At 20, Harlley is already the best thing here
An average of 7.02 in a first team he is several years too young for. HJK have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market21 Aug 2028
The name of Antton Nylund has come up in conversations HJK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match19 Aug 2028
A 1-0 win over IFK Mariehamn , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market21 Aug 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Loan watch21 Aug 2028
“I did not go to AGF to sit and watch. I want to come back to HJK and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market14 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market14 Aug 2028
The name of Mouhamed Guèye has come up in conversations HJK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match12 Aug 2028
HJK get the job done against KTP A 2-1 win over KTP , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market14 Aug 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Teemu Pukki left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Teemu Pukki will call it something else in private.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Marcus Forss 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market7 Aug 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Aug 2028
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Teemu Pukki and HJK agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“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.
Market7 Aug 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market7 Aug 2028
Ilnur Alshin is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at HJK has been clear about where Ilnur Alshin stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match31 Jul 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 28 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market31 Jul 2028
KTP come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match29 Jul 2028
Three points for HJK , 2-1 the final word against FF Jaro in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Toivo Mero and HJK agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market31 Jul 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Ilnur Alshin 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.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Alexander Ring 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market31 Jul 2028
No fee and no drama: Ilari Kangasniemi has signed at HJK , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match22 Jul 2028
Chastening afternoon for HJK
A 0-3 beating by KuPS was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market24 Jul 2028
The paperwork is done: Anderson Gutiérrez joins from Ilves in a deal worth $760.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Market24 Jul 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. HJK have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad24 Jul 2028
“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.
Market24 Jul 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Inquest at HJK
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch24 Jul 2028
“I did not go to AGF to sit and watch. I want to come back to HJK and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Robert Taylor has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Robert Taylor keeps the shirt for now, at HJK 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Mads Borchers 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market17 Jul 2028
The name of Mouhamed Guèye has come up in conversations HJK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match15 Jul 2028
HJK make it 3 in a rowMomentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now HJK have 3 straight wins of it.
Match15 Jul 2028
Three points for HJK , 1-0 the final word against HIFK in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Ivo Chaves 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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
One booking too many, and Emmanuel Boateng sits out. HJK lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Market17 Jul 2028
The name of Sondre Tronstad keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match5 Jul 2028
HJK through in the cupA 1-0 win over VPS , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match8 Jul 2028
Three points for HJK , 2-1 the final word against Ilves in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“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.
The terraces10 Jul 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad10 Jul 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HJK have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad10 Jul 2028
A first senior shirt for David Weiss
Every debut is a small story about the future: David Weiss , 21 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Jul 2028
Ilnur Alshin 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.
Match1 Jul 2028
No goals between HJK and VPS
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. VPS will be the happier side with the point.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Ivo Chaves 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match26 Jun 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 1 and 18 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market26 Jun 2028
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Ville Tikkanen
“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.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
Match24 Jun 2028
Honours even between HJK and SJK
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad26 Jun 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HJK have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Ilnur Alshin 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad19 Jun 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match17 Jun 2028
HJK get the job done against FC Lahti A 1-0 win over FC Lahti , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Teemu Pukki 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Jun 2028
AGF are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. HJK will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match10 Jun 2028
HJK come up short against RoPS RoPS left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kaius Simojoki and HJK agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Ivo Chaves
“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.
Boardroom12 Jun 2028
Inquest at HJK
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Matej Marković 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match3 Jun 2028
IFK Mariehamn made HJK work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Matej Marković 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match29 May 2028
HJK up to position 311 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market29 May 2028
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad29 May 2028
“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.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
Squad29 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Miska Ylitolva and HJK agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match27 May 2028
HJK and KTP cancel each other outNil-nil, and few chances worth the name. KTP came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad29 May 2028
Teemu Pukki 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match20 May 2028
A bad afternoon for HJK against Inter Turku
2-3 to Inter Turku , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom22 May 2028
Nobody left the HJK dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad22 May 2028
Teemu Pukki 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.
Market22 May 2028
The name of Sondre Tronstad keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad22 May 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HJK have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad22 May 2028
Toivo Mero finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HJK have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match13 May 2028
No mercy from HJK
FF Jaro will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. HJK were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Squad15 May 2028
“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.
Squad15 May 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HJK have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
The terraces15 May 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad15 May 2028
The shirt belongs to Ivo Chaves now
At 34 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. HJK have a decision that made itself.
Squad15 May 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Leonel Montano keeps the shirt for now, at HJK 's convenience rather than his own.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad8 May 2028
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad8 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Robert Taylor commits to HJK for another 2 years.
Match6 May 2028
HJK find a way past KuPS KuPS made HJK work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 May 2028
“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.
Squad8 May 2028
Ilnur Alshin 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.
Market8 May 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Roni Hudd may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
Boardroom
The HJK production line keeps running
The terraces
The press have found their man in Harlley
The terraces
The stand has a song for Harlley
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad1 May 2028
Ilnur Alshin : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market1 May 2028
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 May 2028
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match29 Apr 2028
HIFK take the points off HJK Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad1 May 2028
“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.
Boardroom1 May 2028
Inquest at HJK
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Apr 2028
Pyry Mentu 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.
Match22 Apr 2028
No goals between HJK and Ilves
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Ilves will be the happier side with the point.
Market24 Apr 2028
The name of Sondre Tronstad keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Apr 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market17 Apr 2028
The shirt still fits. Daniel Arajuuri is back at HJK , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market17 Apr 2028
The shirt still fits. Leo Sparv is back at HJK , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market17 Apr 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match15 Apr 2028
HJK get the job done against VPS A 2-1 win over VPS , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
HJK board go back on their wordSomething was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Squad17 Apr 2028
David Ezeh 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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ville Vuorinen and HJK agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Osku Maukonen 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 Apr 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Osku Maukonen
“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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
David Ezeh 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Apr 2028
Harlley arrives on loanHJK have taken Harlley on loan from Grêmio — cover where cover was needed.
Squad10 Apr 2028
David Ezeh has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. David Ezeh keeps the shirt for now, at HJK 's convenience rather than his own.
Market10 Apr 2028
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Mihailo Bogićević moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
In brief
Market
The window shut and Jaime Vásquez is still in the building
Boardroom
The HJK production line keeps running
Squad
Alexander Ring keeps his manager's vote
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 Apr 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match3 Apr 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad3 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 61 days on the sidelines for Fernando Pacheco , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market27 Mar 2028
“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.
Market27 Mar 2028
The name of Pyry Mentu has come up in conversations HJK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Marcus Forss 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market20 Mar 2028
RoPS come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at HJK that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at HJK that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Mar 2028
KTP come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market13 Mar 2028
The clock runs on Hansel Zapata '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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match6 Mar 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market6 Mar 2028
“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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad6 Mar 2028
70 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matej Marković and HJK agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market6 Mar 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. HJK have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market28 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market28 Feb 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. HJK have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad28 Feb 2028
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Teemu Pukki , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market28 Feb 2028
KTP are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. HJK will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market28 Feb 2028
The name of Sondre Tronstad keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Feb 2028
The bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market21 Feb 2028
The name of Miska Ylitolva has come up in conversations HJK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad21 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Ilnur Alshin
“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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
David Ezeh 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
The transfer that hurt Robert Taylor most
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at HJK is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.
Market21 Feb 2028
HJK have made Emil Leveälahti available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Feb 2028
KTP come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Feb 2028
The fee is $600.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. KuPS drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad14 Feb 2028
158 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market14 Feb 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market14 Feb 2028
He is 20, and nobody at HJK signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A new face in his position, and Robert Taylor suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HJK have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Feb 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market7 Feb 2028
“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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Alfie Cicale 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
HJK bring in an old headIvo Chaves is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Market7 Feb 2028
Experience through the door at HJK
Hoover Crespo arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 Jan 2028
65 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“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.
Market31 Jan 2028
The name of Sondre Tronstad keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Ilnur Alshin
“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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Jan 2028
The Liam Möller talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
Squad
The manager comes out for Matej Marković
Boardroom
The HJK board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market17 Jan 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HJK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Osku Maukonen
“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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match10 Jan 2028
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad10 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 33 days on the sidelines for Liam Möller , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Jan 2028
David Ezeh 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 Jan 2028
David Ezeh says HJK went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 95 days on the sidelines for Hansel Zapata , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Pyry Mentu
“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.
David Ezeh David Ezeh says HJK went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad27 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Mads Borchers
“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.
Market27 Dec 2027
Liam Möller linked with a move awayThe name of Liam Möller keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Matej Marković plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
Boardroom
The HJK board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market20 Dec 2027
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Ilnur Alshin
“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.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Mouhamed Guèye 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match13 Dec 2027
HJK up to position 237 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A one-man rearguard from Mark Engel
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Alfie Cicale : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad13 Dec 2027
63 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match12 Dec 2027
HJK get the job done against NK Osijek A 1-0 win over NK Osijek , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad13 Dec 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at HJK pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad6 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 123 days on the sidelines for Hansel Zapata , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market6 Dec 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Hansel Zapata 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match28 Nov 2027
6 matches without a win for HJK
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around HJK are no longer polite ones.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Pyry Mentu says HJK went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad29 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Ville Tikkanen , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu says HJK went back on their word
Squad29 Nov 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at HJK pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Match28 Nov 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Miska Ylitolva
“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
Market
Liam Möller linked with a move away
Boardroom
The HJK board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market22 Nov 2027
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad22 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Ilnur Alshin
“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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Alexander Ring 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.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match15 Nov 2027
HJK up to position 237 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Robert Taylor joins up with his country. HJK lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Hörður Magnússon joins up with his country. HJK lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match7 Nov 2027
A hiding for HJK
Beaten 1-4 by Angers SCO , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match7 Nov 2027
5 matches without a win for HJK
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around HJK are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Inquest at HJK
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad8 Nov 2027
No place for Ilnur Alshin on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at HJK pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Alfie Cicale 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.
The terraces8 Nov 2027
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
HJK are in EuropeQualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.
Squad1 Nov 2027
51 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Hörður Magnússon . HJK will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Silverware for HJK
They will talk about this season in this town for a long time. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route is already agreed.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Mark Engel decides it from twelve yards3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Continental nights are coming to HJK
Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.
Mark Engel Mark Engel decides it from twelve yards
Match20 Oct 2027
HJK through in the cupA 2-2 win over KuPS , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match24 Oct 2027
HJK taken apart1-4 to Angers SCO , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market25 Oct 2027
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match24 Oct 2027
No end in sight to HJK 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at HJK has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Ian Vera 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.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Inquest at HJK
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Steady
Match18 Oct 2027
HJK up to position 237 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
Market18 Oct 2027
The name of Mouhamed Guèye keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Alexander Ring 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.
Market11 Oct 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Teemu Pukki The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
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Crisis
Squad4 Oct 2027
Alexander Ring : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Oct 2027
79 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Robert Taylor commits to HJK for another 2 years.
Match3 Oct 2027
NK Osijek left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Market4 Oct 2027
Liam Möller linked with a move awayThe name of Liam Möller keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
The terraces
The press have found their man in Branco Salinardi
Boardroom
The HJK board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market27 Sep 2027
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
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Steady
Match20 Sep 2027
HJK up to position 237 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad20 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Mark Engel
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match19 Sep 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Ilnur Alshin 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market13 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Teemu Pukki The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
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Upbeat
Squad6 Sep 2027
Alfie Cicale : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match4 Sep 2027
9 unbeaten for HJK
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation HJK did not have in the autumn.
Squad6 Sep 2027
109 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match4 Sep 2027
HJK get the job done against SJK A 2-1 win over SJK , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Matej Marković
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match25 Aug 2027
Cup progress for HJK
A 1-0 win over Inter Turku , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market30 Aug 2027
Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HJK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match28 Aug 2027
8 unbeaten for HJK
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation HJK did not have in the autumn.
Pyry Mentu Pyry Mentu has one foot out of the door
Market30 Aug 2027
The deal that would have taken Liam Möller to KTP has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to HJK with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ian Vera 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.
Match28 Aug 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. FC Lahti defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Alexandru Creţu 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Sondre Tronstad wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Sondre Tronstad has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. HJK know, and have known for weeks.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Branco Salinardi keeps the shirt for now, at HJK 's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Match23 Aug 2027
HJK up to position 233 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The match ball belongs to Ian Vera , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market23 Aug 2027
FC Lahti come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match21 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten HJK
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match21 Aug 2027
Honours even between HJK and RoPS
3-3, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Ilnur Alshin left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Ilnur Alshin will call it something else in private.
Market23 Aug 2027
KTP are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. HJK will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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 Aug 2027
Teemu Pukki 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match14 Aug 2027
Three points for HJK , 2-0 the final word against IFK Mariehamn in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Hansel Zapata
“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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Experience through the door at HJK
Ilnur Alshin arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Teemu Pukki 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market16 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Somebody is after Ian Vera ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Ian Vera suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HJK have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad16 Aug 2027
At 20 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. HJK have a decision that made itself.
Market16 Aug 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Liam Möller may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market16 Aug 2027
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Daniel O'Shaughnessy moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Steady
Market9 Aug 2027
Lucas Lingman 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 HJK can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Mads Borchers : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Aug 2027
143 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market9 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market9 Aug 2027
Lassi Lappalainen has left for KuPS in a $1.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
“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.
Match31 Jul 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A first senior shirt for Mark Engel
Every debut is a small story about the future: Mark Engel , 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market2 Aug 2027
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs HJK money.
The terraces2 Aug 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Teemu Pukki
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A new face in his position, and Matej Marković suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HJK have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market2 Aug 2027
HJK have made Lucas Lingman available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
Market
Mark Engel arrives on loan
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Ville Tikkanen
Boardroom
The HJK board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Match26 Jul 2027
HJK up to position 227 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market26 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match24 Jul 2027
Three points for HJK , 1-0 the final word against FF Jaro in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at HJK , and 2 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Market26 Jul 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. HJK will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A new face in his position, and Sondre Tronstad suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HJK have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Marcus Forss 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Vyacheslav Puzikov arrives at HJK with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Jul 2027
Mouhamed Guèye : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Jul 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HJK can pretend not to have heard.
Match17 Jul 2027
Three points for HJK , 3-1 the final word against KuPS in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market19 Jul 2027
The name of Liam Möller has come up in conversations HJK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
Market19 Jul 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Lucas Lingman has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at HJK .
Squad19 Jul 2027
One booking too many, and Sondre Tronstad sits out. HJK lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Market19 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Match7 Jul 2027
HJK march on in the cupFC Lahti are out and HJK go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Match10 Jul 2027
A bad afternoon for HJK against HIFK
0-1 to HIFK , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
Nobody left the HJK dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
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Upbeat
Market5 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Branco Salinardi : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sebastian Dahlström commits to HJK for another 3 years.
Match3 Jul 2027
HJK get the job done against Ilves A 2-1 win over Ilves , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what HJK could get for him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
At 28 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. HJK have a decision that made itself.
Market5 Jul 2027
The Liam Möller talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Match28 Jun 2027
HJK up to position 318 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad28 Jun 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market28 Jun 2027
The bid was some way short and HJK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match26 Jun 2027
HJK get the job done against VPS A 1-0 win over VPS , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Sarpsborg 08 to sit and watch. I want to come back to HJK and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad28 Jun 2027
The shirt belongs to Ian Vera now
At 22 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. HJK have a decision that made itself.
Market28 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Squad21 Jun 2027
Ian Vera 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.
Match19 Jun 2027
HJK come up short against SJK SJK left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“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.
Ian Vera Ian Vera gets it from the manager
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Mads Borchers
“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.
Match12 Jun 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. FC Lahti defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Fernando Pacheco 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Matej Marković . HJK will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match5 Jun 2027
HJK and RoPS cancel each other outNil-nil, and few chances worth the name. RoPS came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad7 Jun 2027
At 20 years old, Osku Maukonen became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
The terraces7 Jun 2027
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Upbeat
Match31 May 2027
HJK are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 13 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match29 May 2027
A 3-1 win over IFK Mariehamn , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Matej Marković
“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.
Loan watch31 May 2027
“I did not go to Sarpsborg 08 to sit and watch. I want to come back to HJK and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad31 May 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad31 May 2027
At 30 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at HJK are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Steady
Squad24 May 2027
Ian Vera 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.
Match22 May 2027
HJK and KTP take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad24 May 2027
Teemu Pukki 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 HJK , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Ian Vera Ian Vera gets it from the manager
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Crisis
Squad17 May 2027
Ian Vera : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match15 May 2027
A bad afternoon for HJK against Inter Turku
1-2 to Inter Turku , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 May 2027
Teemu Pukki 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.
Ian Vera Ian Vera: that is not what I was promised
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market10 May 2027
“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.
Match8 May 2027
8 unbeaten for HJK
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation HJK did not have in the autumn.
Squad10 May 2027
“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.
Match8 May 2027
HJK get the job done against FF Jaro A 1-0 win over FF Jaro , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad10 May 2027
Liam Möller finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. HJK have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market10 May 2027
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what HJK could get for him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match1 May 2027
7 unbeaten for HJK
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation HJK did not have in the autumn.
Match1 May 2027
Three points for HJK , 2-1 the final word against KuPS in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch3 May 2027
“I did not go to Sarpsborg 08 to sit and watch. I want to come back to HJK and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Matej Marković
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad3 May 2027
Branco Salinardi 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.
Squad3 May 2027
HJK will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market3 May 2027
HJK have made Ville Vuorinen available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market3 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. HJK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Branco Salinardi : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten HJK
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Hansel Zapata
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
“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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“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 terraces19 Apr 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Teemu Pukki
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Teemu Pukki The manager makes an example of Teemu Pukki
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Steady
Market12 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HJK can pretend not to have heard.
Market12 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Mikael Arajuuri is back at HJK , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market12 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Leo Soiri is back at HJK , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market12 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mouhamed Guèye commits to HJK for another 4 years.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Ian Vera
“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.
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Squad5 Apr 2027
Mouhamed Guèye : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HJK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Eero Niittyvirta , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“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.
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Squad29 Mar 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Osku Maukonen knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
Market29 Mar 2027
HJK have made Mihailo Bogićević available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Squad22 Mar 2027
International call for Teemu Pukki
Teemu Pukki joins up with his country. HJK lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Robert Taylor joins up with his country. HJK lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at HJK that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Market15 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HJK can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Somebody is after Teemu Pukki ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Teemu Pukki suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. HJK have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Robert Taylor and HJK agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“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.
Market8 Mar 2027
The name of Osku Maukonen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.
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Market1 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HJK can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Market1 Mar 2027
The name of Mihailo Bogićević keeps appearing in other people's back pages. HJK say nothing, which says plenty.