The change is done with immediate effect, AIK Fotboll writes in a press release.
“Thomas has done a very good job for AIK Fotboll since coming in May 2023,” writes AIK but states that “you will have to take a different direction and then there are other skills and working methods needed.”
“That is why we choose to make the decision in good time for upcoming transfer windows”.
On Friday, Sportbladet reported that Berntsen could be about to leave AIK, with reference to sources that outlined a great dissatisfaction within the club. The sports manager was then said to have disagreed in “a number of issues” with AIK’s board.
Berntsen has led AIK’s sporting work and spent large sums of money on player purchases during the winter, ahead of the men’s team’s all -Swedish premiere away against GAIS on Monday.
Thomas Berntsen came to AIK from Norwegian Sarpsborg in April 2023. Last season, AIK finished third in Allsvenskan after a strong pickup during the fall. Berntsen hired former coach Henning Berg, dismissed him and also hired the current coach Mikkjal Thomassen.