From our football correspondent
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Market25 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Sillamae Kalev, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ebrima Jarju and Sillamae Kalev agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Market18 Jan 2027
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Market18 Jan 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Hendrik Teniste 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
28 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Ebrima Jarju, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market18 Jan 2027
No place for Artur Liivak in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Artur Liivak has his answer from Sillamae Kalev; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Ken Ainsalu has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Sillamae Kalev know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Ville Ojala has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ville Ojala keeps the shirt for now, at Sillamae Kalev's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
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.
Market4 Jan 2027
No place for Taijo Igonen in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Taijo Igonen has his answer from Sillamae Kalev; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Market28 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Frank Sappinen 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 Sillamae Kalev, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
Karol Liivak 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 Sillamae Kalev can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Sergei Liivak 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Alexandr Seraskhov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Silver Marin keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Silver Marin plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexandr Seraskhov and Sillamae Kalev agree another 2 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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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Steady
Market30 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vlasi Pikk commits to Sillamae Kalev for another 4 years.
Squad30 Nov 2026
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.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Narva Trans to sit and watch. I want to come back to Sillamae Kalev and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
5.62 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Karol Liivak story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Karol Liivak signs something — a contract at Sillamae Kalev or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 5. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
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.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
5.35 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Vlasi Pikk talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sillamae Kalev know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
Ville Ojala 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 Sillamae Kalev this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Frank Sappinen
“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.
Market9 Nov 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Alexandr Seraskhov signs something — a contract at Sillamae Kalev or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Seraskhov, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market26 Oct 2026
Karol Liivak 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 Sillamae Kalev can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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.
Loan watch26 Oct 2026
“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 9 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
33 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Market19 Oct 2026
The Brent Ojamaa story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Brent Ojamaa signs something — a contract at Sillamae Kalev or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 2026
“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 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Hendrik Teniste and Sillamae Kalev agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
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.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
Silver Marin 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 Sillamae Kalev this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch28 Sep 2026
“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 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“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
Squad21 Sep 2026
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.
Market21 Sep 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Brent Ojamaa may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mihkel Kallaste trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Sillamae Kalev spent the window trying to move Mihkel Kallaste on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“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 Sep 2026
So close: Brent Ojamaa’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Narva Trans moved on, Brent Ojamaa reports back to Sillamae Kalev, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad7 Sep 2026
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Seraskhov, and the manager let it.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sillamae Kalev, another week without a signature from Alexandr Seraskhov.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nikita Klavan and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Silver Mets
“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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Steady
Match19 Aug 2026
Flora go through and Sillamae Kalev 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marek Dmitrijev and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
3.95 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
The one thing Brent Klavan could not do
Shots: 9, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mihkel Kallaste, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Nikita Klavan, 15 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
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Triumph
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Karol Liivak 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Marked 8.47 — 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Karol Liivak, and the manager let it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Konstantin Ojamaa and Sillamae Kalev agree another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
Narva Trans are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Sillamae Kalev will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Konstantin Teniste, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Brent Ojamaa 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 Sillamae Kalev can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Hendrik Teniste, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Frank Sappinen commits to Sillamae Kalev for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexandr Seraskhov 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
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Marek Zenjov in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Marek Zenjov has his answer from Sillamae Kalev; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Sillamae Kalev will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Artur Liivak commits to Sillamae Kalev for another 1 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Frank Sappinen knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Frank Sappinen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market3 Aug 2026
Mihkel Kallaste is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sillamae Kalev has been clear about where Mihkel Kallaste stands, which is more than many ever get.