NFF demands answers from Vålerenga over Bjørdal sale

The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) is investigating whether Vålerenga's commercial company influenced the decision to sell captain Henrik Bjørdal, requesting a formal explanation from the club. Kjetil Siem insists the decision was made solely by the club. The NFF's legal leader, Line R. Petersen, will email Vålerenga to clarify its decision-making structure for player transfers, following the club's claim that its transfer committee made the sale. The committee includes two club board representatives and two company observers, though Siem says the company did not participate in the decision. The club's board chairman, Søren Eriksen, resigned Thursday over internal disagreements about the sale. Under Norway's "dual model," the member club must retain final authority over sporting matters, even when collaborating with a commercial company, and Petersen stresses that a forum with company representation cannot bind the club's board.