The Dóttir Diary

The Norway defender’s column finds her settled back at Klepp, moving into the apartment she bought in 2015 and renovating it with her partner Adrian after nearly nine years living out of bags. Alongside playing she has taken on a player-development role following five or six prospects, work in marketing and social media, sponsorship meetings, and her own company delivering talks about her career. She is honest that dropping from the WSL to Norway’s second tier is a significant step down, and in some ways harder, in a squad aged 16 to 24. She closes with a pointed complaint about goalkeepers feigning injury for tactical stoppages, and a story about Cecilie Fiskerstrand.