Winger Christiansen agrees terms with Mainlae

[Craitman]

In transfer news from outside the Craitish top flight, international left-flanker Markko Christiansen has chosen to sign for League 2 outfit Mainlae Town for the 2020 season.

Having been unemployed following the collapse of Gerenia, where he was based with KPSK Isherwood, his newly-attached status comes only days after his inclusion in the national team's summer training squad ahead of the World Cup in Birgeshir next month. The 26-year-old started his career with Cherry Trees in 2012 before two impressive loan spells at Tellia's Les Verts Gaianiano and back home with BäJ led to a Cr 5.2 million move to Isherwood in 2015. While in Gerenia, he won a league title, and both AEFA Cup and Champions' League, and performed well enough to earn a place in the Craits' 2017 World Cup squad.

Christiansen was positive about the move, and indicated that choosing to play in League 2 would not be considered a "step down" despite his prior successes. "The club is going places and I want to be a part of it. This team has won cups and played in Benacia, but hasn't seen the promotion it deserves. We should be playing in League 1 and that has to be our goal now. There's no reason with the new [promotion-relegation] play-offs that we should settle for being in this division," he added determinedly.