Bodø Glimt are a club healty and liquid, they will play Champions League qualification shortly and in January at the latest, Albert Grønbæk (23) signed a contract with a term until 2028 and much better conditions. It certainly contains a gentlemen’s agreement on games through the qualification summer of 2024.
The Dane is the Eliteserien’s best and, to date, most valuable player. For Bodø/Glimt, he could quickly be the difference that determines where they end up in Europe this autumn. The Champions League is the big goal, and the payouts that follow the ultimate group stage are much bigger than the transfer fee the French club Rennes have offered?
Bodø/Glimt’s desire to appear as a development club for leagues bigger and better than the Norwegian one. It is understandable. If you move to Bodø Glimt, the door will always be open to even better opportunities if the price is right. The club wants the many good talents that are brought in to know that.
What is not talked about, but which is certainly a price dampener for potential buyers, are all the good sales that return to Bodø/Glimt.
How good are the best players in Norway – really?
Håkon Evjen (AZ, AZ Jong, Brøndby), Jens Petter Hauge (Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt (loan), Gent (loan)), Patrick Berg (Lens), Fredrik Bjørkan (Hertha Berlin/Feyenoord (loan)), Marius Lode ( Schalke 04) and Ola Solbakken (Roma, Olympiakos (loan), Urawa Red Diamonds (loan) are six shining Glimt examples just since 2020. The first four are back at Aspsmyra, Lode returned to Bodo Glimt, then moved to Sweden, and Solbakken is on loan in Japan. Another price dampening argument could be the uncertainty that follows the artificial grass players from Norway. Again, how good are they really?
A question worth asking oneself is why English clubs have not caught the eye of Albert Grønbæk, and if it is not worth waiting for? A no to Rennes could quickly be an answer to the acquisition of even greater income after the summer’s qualification. The argument in favor of that is the transfer fees that change hands at level two in England.
This summer, players we’ve never heard of are being moved to the Championship for larger sums than Rennes will pay for the Dane. When Sander Berge went from Belgian Genk to Sheffield United in January 2020, the transfer fee was £22 million. Albert Grønbæk is not a worse footballer than Sander Berge, and on top of that he has many goals and assists in him. It always comes with an upside. The end product is the most important thing in football.
Here is also a claim that supports the initial argument that the biggest transfer out of Norway could ever be a cheap sale: Had Albert Grønbæk been Norwegian, Sander Berge would have started on the bench for Norway. The rest is about numbers, Bodø/Glimt’s policy, conscience and willingness to take a chance.
Why does the player – who in this case signed a four-year contract less than six months ago – always have to win?
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