Several media tasks, among others The soccer channel, has claimed that the association has given former national team defender and BP coach Olof Mellberg an offer to take over as the new association captain after Janne Andersson. But on Thursday night reported FootballSthlm that Mellberg turned down the Swedish Football Association’s offer.
The new information today is that Mellberg and the union will have continued negotiations over the weekend but have not reached an agreement. Now the negotiations have according to the Football Channel’s data, has been put on hold and the association is proceeding with other options.
An informant tells TT that one of the demands made by the union was to immediately take Sweden back to the B division in the Nations League, otherwise Mellberg would not be allowed to keep his job.
In addition, Mellberg’s compensation would be lower and more bonus-based than his predecessor Andersson’s. Conditions Olof Mellberg did not accept. The parties are also said to have disagreed about the question of the assistant national team captain.
Mellberg has a contract with BP over 2024. The Brommapojkarna have a board meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the situation that has arisen.
The team does its first collective practice of the season on Monday.
SVT Sport has tried to reach the Swedish Football Association.