It was at the beginning of June that it all blew up. Malmö FF’s team captain at the time appeared in a preliminary investigation where 14 people are suspected of, among other things, violent rioting. Jansson was singled out because he allegedly leaked information about where Elfsborg’s players lived the night before the gold medal match in autumn 2023.
In addition, the preliminary investigation contained excerpts from a group chat with some now-indicted football hooligans – where it looked like Jansson “laughed” at anti-Semitic statements.
Incorrect chat logs
According to Jansson, the information about the Elfsborgshotellet is incorrect and the extract from the group chat was misleading. Prosecutor Henrik Nordquist later admitted that.
– Everything I built up over 15 years could have been destroyed because I was part of a chat group and because incorrect things got out. I have had to repair so many relationships. Had to explain myself and get people to spread the truth out, says Jansson to Expressen about the incorrect chat log.
Jansson tells for The Express that he himself bears great guilt in this.
– Not everyone in this group is charged either, not everyone is a risk supporter. But absolutely, if we look back two and a half years, to when the group was created, I should have thought smarter and made an analysis of what kind of people this is and what it could mean.
Contacted by Jewish man
What eats away at Jansson the most is the shame he feels for not speaking up when anti-Semitic things were written in the chat he was a part of.
– That’s what I’m most ashamed of in all of this. I am also ashamed that I grew up in a climate where these things were, maybe not normal, but they have existed, says Jansson.
– I am ashamed and regret enormously that I did not distance myself from these pieces.
– It was a Jewish man who contacted me, who has a Jewish wife and Jewish children. They did not feel safe going to Malmö FF’s matches. I almost started crying. The shame I felt then was absolutely enormous.