Everything looked rosy when Vålerenga won 2-0 away to Kristiansund on Wednesday, but on Sunday it was Kristiansund who were the best. 2–0 after normal time and victory in the penalty shootout means that they play in the Eliteserien in 2024. For Vålerenga, it will be a game at the second highest level, for the first time in 23 years. – The evening was cruel and the night was, so to speak, without sleep. It has not been a good night at all, says chairman of Vålerenga Fotball Elite, Tuva Ørbeck Sørheim, to news. – You don’t experience worse nightmares in work and sports than what we did yesterday. It was the ultimate. Brutal, there’s no hiding it. Terrible, says sports manager Joacim Jonsson. – The night’s sleep then? – Zero. When asked what he has been thinking about during the night, Jonsson replies “everything”. – First you pinch yourself in the arm and think: “Has it happened?”. But you have to stop doing that, because it has happened, so then you just have to face it, stand straight in the face and look people in the eye. There are no other possibilities. If you start to wander with your eyes, then it’s over. 15-20 million less Vålerenga informed earlier on Monday that players and coaches are taking a pay cut of 20-25 per cent. According to Sørheim, there is something that was in the contracts from before. At the same time, both she and Jonsson say that throughout the autumn they have worked with two different budgets, based on how it would all work out for Vålerenga. When it now becomes the second highest level, Sørheim estimates that it means a “dramatic deterioration of NOK 15-20 million” in the budget for 2024. On Tuesday there is a board meeting in Vålerenga, where the budget for 2024 will be discussed. – We have some income that is not forthcoming, we have some pay cuts that are in the contracts. We have to see what we are left with and what we have to work hard towards. We have to make some changes in the squad, but exactly what it is, it is completely premature to talk about now, she says. See the highlights from Sunday’s dramatic match here: Want to keep star forward Jonsson is clear that they will probably already have to take action in January regarding player logistics. At the same time, he is also clear that Vålerenga will have a powerful team next season, with a clear goal of moving up. One of those that Vålerenga wants to bring forward is striker Andrej Ilic. The 23-year-old has scored eleven goals in 16 games since coming in to replace Seedy Jatta in the summer. – We want to keep as much as possible and we want to keep Ilic also with a view to being as impactful as possible. – How realistic is it? – It is hard to say. As of now, there are no offers on the table and there is no concrete interest in him either. He does not go for cheap sales. Then we should have paid as if we were in the Eliteserien. ALSO WANTED: Andrej Ilic. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB Sørheim: Had a long chat with Trøim In the administration, it doesn’t seem like there will be any cuts for the time being. Now Sørheim is focusing on how the club can gather strength, hope and optimism ahead of 2024. – I think it is very important that we take all the opponents we face with the utmost seriousness. We saw yesterday that KBK was a good team. We should not think that we can sail through Obos. We have to be tougher, but we will make it, she says. Incoming general manager, Svein Graff, adds: – I think we should recognize that moving up is an extremely difficult exercise. It’s really tough. We are a club that everyone would love to beat in the Obos league. There will be cup finals every week. It is terribly much more difficult to manage a promotion in practice than to just talk about it, he says. Sørheim says that they have received several statements of support from sponsors. No one has so far notified that they do not want to continue, according to the chairman. Tor Olav Trøim will also continue after all sun marks, says Sørheim. Trøim is a board member of Vålerenga Fotball AS and the sole owner of Magni Sports, which in turn is the sole owner of Vålerenga Fotball AS. UNCLE RICH: Tor Olav Trøim (left). Here from a training match between Vålerenga and Manchester United in 2017. Photo: Vegard Wivestad Grøtt / NTB It is a company that owns the commercial rights to Vålerenga, and a company to which Trøim has contributed multiple millions in recent years. – I had a long talk with him last night. Of course we were both very sorry and disappointed. At the same time as we talked about the future and he said that he was even more Vålerenga yesterday than two days ago. So he is with the club further. – And is willing to spit in what is needed? – Yes, that was certainly the impression I got. The Vålerenga captain refuses to comment on the relegation 00:46 The Kristiansund players take off in the dressing room after the promotion 01:06 Showa to victory: – There was a blow in the landing 00:52 Trying to give the victory flower to the news reporter 00:21 Show more
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