I think Tihinen's contract expires at the end of this season so Viking are in a little hurry to get him sold or he will probably leave for free on Bosman. I would also like to see Tihinen in a bigger club, he has really shown that he can play well with the big boys. There has been interest in him in England and Bundesliga as well so it would be a small disappointment if he moved to Belgium instead. He showed during his loan spell at Hammers that he really is good enough to play in a bigger league. But we've seen that nothing is sure before they have signed the contracts so lets see..
BTW, I must say that Viking have quite a good central defense. Everyone knows Tihi, but Kuivasto has been quite impressive as well when I've seen him play. Against Portugal for example he was substituted to Hyypiä for the second half and you really couldn't tell the difference. He was good in HJK as well, but he has really developed in Norway.