The league has two different transfer back limits this season.
Viile Mäntymaa will continue as Kärppie’s head coach until spring 2026. ELMERI ELO / AOP
The league’s internal player transfer deadline expires on January 31. Previously, the deadline was only February 15.
The league board made the change strangely in complete silence.
– This is a bit of a new situation. If you think about big moves that clubs have made before, they need to be made earlier now. A couple of weeks earlier, says Kärppie’s sports director Mikko Myllykoski.
– Yes, we are thinking and monitoring the situation, Myllykoski admits.
Kärppäbomo doesn’t want to specify in more detail which playing positions the pride of the north is watching the players for.
– Of course, you can come to us from abroad until February 15. And you can also go abroad with us until then.
Myllykoski doesn’t sound like a big fan of two different transfer limits.
– There are probably pros and cons to this matter. But I don’t know if this will ultimately have a bigger impact on anything.
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The flies may get stronger before the end of January – or the middle of February. There are strangely two different transfer back limits in the league. JUSSI MÄÄTTÄ / AOP
Kärpät announced earlier on Wednesday about his coaching affairs. Ville Mäntymaa38, will continue as head coach of the Oulu team until spring 2026.
The former team was promoted to the position of head coach of the Oulu team on December 18, when Lauri Marjamäki got mono.
48 years old Mikko Manner joins Kärppie’s coaching. The contract covers this season.
Manner is a familiar man in Oulu. Vaasalainen served as Kärppie’s head coach for four seasons from 2017 to 2021. In total, Manner previously coached in Oulu for eight years and won one championship as head coach.
Kärpät is sixth in the league before Wednesday’s round.