85 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Sillamae Kalev lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
“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 Sillamae Kalev, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mihkel Puri commits to Sillamae Kalev for another 3 years.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at Sillamae Kalev training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Karol Vassiljev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Nobody at Sillamae Kalev will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
The dugoutMihkel Pikk asks for a word with the manager
92 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Sillamae Kalev lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
“I watch every Sillamae Kalev game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Parnu runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erik Vassiljev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Nobody at Sillamae Kalev will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mihkel Pikk trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The words a physio says slowly. 99 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nikita 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.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brent Liivak 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.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Konstantin Klavan 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.
“I watch every Sillamae Kalev game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at FCI Tallinn runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
106 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sillamae Kalev lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 7 signed and 9 gone
That is the business done at Sillamae Kalev 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.
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Tammeka moved on, Marek Igonen reports back to Sillamae Kalev, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Nikita Vassiljev and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Nobody at Sillamae Kalev will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alvis Cauna 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.
113 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Sillamae Kalev lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
Joonas Ojamaa 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.
The name of Marek Igonen has come up in conversations Sillamae Kalev were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
“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 Aug 2026
Words at Sillamae Kalev training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Vassiljev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sillamae Kalev has been clear about where Erik Marin stands, which is more than many ever get.
Nobody at Sillamae Kalev will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
120 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sillamae Kalev lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
Joonas Ojamaa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alvis Cauna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Hendrik Liivak and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years.
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The offer from Paide for Joonas Ojamaa 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.
1 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sillamae Kalev can pretend not to have heard.
Marked 8.13 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Tulevik scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Karol Vassiljev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nikita Dmitrijev and Sillamae Kalev agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sillamae Kalev this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Sillamae Kalev asked and Akhmat Grozny said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hendrik Liivak is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Liliu Kallaste 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.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Markus Ainsalu and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Isloch have kept their man, and Sillamae Kalev go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The name of Erik Tamm has come up in conversations Sillamae Kalev were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alvis Cauna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sillamae Kalev has been clear about where Marek Igonen stands, which is more than many ever get.