The Nomme Kalju Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Nomme Kalju say no — this time
The offer from Narva Trans for Rommi Siht was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fábio Assis due for a Nomme Kalju medical
Everything agreed with Brasil de Pelotas, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Nomme Kalju
Bogdan Vaštšuk was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rommi Siht signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rommi Siht commits to Nomme Kalju for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Modou Tambedou falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Business is business: Fjodor Jekimov goes
Narva Trans paid $38.0K and Nomme Kalju took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nomme Kalju rebuffed over Borna Buljan
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bravo have kept their man, and Nomme Kalju go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brent Sappinen steps up from the Nomme Kalju academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brent Sappinen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nomme Kalju promote Silver Baranov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Silver Baranov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Yosuke Morishige needs a bigger stage
- The dugout Kristjan Kask knocks on the manager’s door