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The Sarpsborg 08 Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Noa Williams

Successful dribbles: 36. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match12 Aug 2026

Sarpsborg 08 bow out of the cup

Valerenga go through and Sarpsborg 08 go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market17 Aug 2026

Sarpsborg 08 say no — this time

The offer from Bodo/Glimt for Eirik Wichne 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Mamour N'Diaye stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Geovanni Vianney at 18 — 8.40

The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Geovanni Vianney did not need any: 8.40, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Deadline passes with 10 signed and 4 gone

That is the business done at Sarpsborg 08 until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Market17 Aug 2026

Marius Lode is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sarpsborg 08 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Marius Lode signs for Rosenborg while still at Sarpsborg 08

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Marius Lode has agreed terms with Rosenborg for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A hand in 2 of them from Andreas Nibe — 7.69

Marked 7.69. There is a kind of forward whose value only shows up when you count what he was involved in rather than what he finished, and this is the day that argument makes itself.

In brief

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The Sarpsborg 08 Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Aug 2026

Sarpsborg 08 say no — this time

The offer from Bodo/Glimt for Aimar Sher 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Andreas Nibe says no to GIF Sundsvall

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Andreas Nibe had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market10 Aug 2026

Daniel Karlsbakk moves on

OB pay $5.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

Supporters turn on the $5.8M sale of Daniel Karlsbakk

He is going to OB, the club has $5.8M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market10 Aug 2026

Leander Øy is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sarpsborg 08 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Geovanni Vianney due for a Sarpsborg 08 medical

Everything agreed with FC Copenhagen, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Leander Øy signs for Viking while still at Sarpsborg 08

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Leander Øy has agreed terms with Viking for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Sondre Sørli signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sondre Sørli commits to Sarpsborg 08 for another 3 years.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Eirik Wichne was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

1 Edition

The Sarpsborg 08 Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad3 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Mamour N'Diaye

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.

Match1 Aug 2026

Viking punish Sarpsborg 08 for switching off

2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Daniel Karlsbakk will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Sarpsborg 08 escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Both of them Daniel Karlsbakk's — 8.53

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.53, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Michael Opoku at 21 — 8.13

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Michael Opoku did not need any: 8.13, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Daniel Karlsbakk again

The phone has started ringing about Daniel Karlsbakk again, and this time the name on the line is OB. Sarpsborg 08 are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Ole-Monrad Alme due for a Sarpsborg 08 medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Mamour N'Diaye signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mamour N'Diaye and Sarpsborg 08 agree another 5 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Aimar Sher in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sarpsborg 08 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces3 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Daniel Karlsbakk

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief