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When he became a sports manager in 2010, it was to put a club in crisis.
Eight years later, Jens T Andersson returns to a club in harmony – so what should he do this time? 19659002] – I have accumulated experiences that are not found in Sweden, says the new director of the AIK club.
Martin Mutumba was confident when he was already in charge of the final game of the 2009 final. After the gold medal, AIK lost key players like Ivan Obolo, Joos Hoiveld , Daniel Öhrlund and Markus Jonsson – but self-confidence was still intact. Before the 2010 season, the team recorded Godfather-inspired commercials where "Don" Björn Wesström left the number 10 to Martin Mutumba. The clip is over with the new AIK market newspaper: "Come and take us!"
A few months later, Jens T Andersson receives an offer that he can not refuse
Battles on the Bus
from the AIK Marketing Department. In the first five games, the defending champions managed to score just one point and after seven rounds, Mikael Stahre moved to the Greek Panionios. When sports manager Björn Wesström took over the coaching career, Jens T Andersson finally clinched the position of sports director.
AIK has achieved successes like Ivan Turina and Mohamed Bangura, but Jens T Andersson has had hero challenges another variety. For Football Sthlm, he recently talked about the tiring dust of fiery new coach Alex Miller, about how he had to walk between two players starting to fight the bus and the visit of the rapist Dulee Johnson in charge.
In mid-July 2018, AIK will lead all Swedes and will not have lost a match in the series since the summer of 2017. Since leaving the club in 2013, Jens T Andersson has been director sportsman of the big Croatian club Hajduk Split and the Danish Århus. In an interview with Expressen in April, his agent, Will Salthouse, told Jens T Andersson that he then discussed a new position with several Premier League and Championship clubs. But for three months, he is at the AIK Karlberg Training Center after accepting the post of new club director, a service that became available after former CEO Mikael Ahlerup was kicked out of the club in April 2017. [19659003] – Part One go back to Sweden and go back to AIK and all the Swedes, who I believe stepped in during the five years that I spent abroad. Then it 's also a combination of family life and practice, that' s a lot to be true when you go abroad with two children and a woman. This is an extremely exciting step for AIK Football, it was decisive, says Jens T Andersson, who will take his new job on August 1st.
How far have you arrived elsewhere?
– There was a possibility that I found myself elsewhere, but that was always my best alternative
What other options were there?
– This is not so interesting now that I sit here as the new club director at AIK. There were other options, especially abroad, but I found it very good to stay in Sweden. It was tickling back to AIK in the position where the club is now. The last time I arrived at AIK as a sports director, it was in 2010 and the situation was a bit different.
– I have not been discouraged from working abroad. It has been asked Croatia and Denmark to accumulate experience that I can not get in Sweden, which I enjoy immensely today.
"Well with diversity in the boardroom"
Work as a club director means that he will be both club director for the association and CEO of the club. ;business.
– This is a new role. This is the first time you have a person as a manager of the set. It is a little early to tell me exactly what to do and which areas I will prioritize. However, it is clearly a global responsibility for AIK Football.
Does the idea of not doing sports and let the sports director Björn Wesström occupy it alone?
– There are managers in different fields and they will continue to have their responsibilities and their powers. Then I will be lyrical everywhere.
You must always have a great network of contacts and watch a lot of players since your years as a sports director …
– It is clear that I have a network of contacts since earlier, that Björn also has. If we add them to each other, there are contacts that are the same and others different.
So this is not ruled out with the wizards that you are behind?
– It will be Björn who will make the wizards of the AIK.
But you could find some advice?
– I am hard to believe, but maybe I can contribute with someone on the road. More than that, I think
How did you go to AIK during the years you left?
– I followed AIK all the time when I was abroad. I saw matches when I could but mostly I followed the results all the time.
This spring, media profile Eric Ljunggren, who previously held a position of general manager at Dagens Nyheter og Metro, was elected president of the AIK Football Association. Its launch as a presidential candidate was initiated by AIK member Simon Strand, who on the internet managed to mobilize major support for Ljunggren. A former president Per Bystedt described as a "coup d'etat".
– I met both boards, both for the company and for the # 39, association, so single. We had several meetings. They were positive because we are sitting here. They felt good, I think. They presented an exciting role and image, says Jens T Andersson.
– I think it's always good with the diversity in the boardroom. Impressed by Dalic
After working in Hajduk Split for six months, Jens T Andersson still has a good Croatian football team. This summer, he was impressed by the compatibility of Zlatko Dalic's ability to win the Croatian national team. Just like Jens T Andersson at AIK 2010, Dalic entered a team in crisis when he got the federation post after the malnutrition of Croatia against Ukraine this fall. Nine months later, the team finished second in the World Cup.
– They have, as they have done for a long time, a handful of talented football players who play and who love the best teams in Europe. But they have a story of intrigue and they did not really agree as a law earlier. There, I believe that the value of Zlatko Dalic who enters the federation lies – he managed in a very impressive way and quickly gathered a group of world stars to really believe that they could go until the end.
– But it is so He is also not a typical Balkan coach in my world. He makes a humble, humble impression, is confident in his leadership and lets the players influence a lot of tactics and play. He is there as a leader and keeps him together, and has them believe in themselves as a leader. ;team.
That Jens T Andersson starts soon as a club director at AIK will not be as clear as Dalic's entry into Croatia.
– I do not think that the AIK will change style of play or shirt color I join. My first time will be an analysis phase. Although I recognize the club before, I will have to put myself in new areas. We have an ambition and a goal to constantly move and develop AIK. It's an experience I've taken for myself, it's not enough that the team does it or that the organization outside of the team do it. AIK is above all a football club and needs to develop within the club to move on to the next stage.
