Djurgården provides a transfer sensation in the middle of the European Football Championship.
Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl is ready for damallsvenska club.
– I had a clear interest in Djurgården and really felt he was serious and genuine, says the new acquisition on the club’s website.
Hedvig Lindahl, 39, moved into his home in Damallsvenskan.
After staying at Chelsea, Wolfsburg and most recently at Atlético Madrid, the Sweden goalkeeper has returned to Sweden.
On Tuesday, Djurgården made it clear that they had recruited Lindahl, who is currently with Sweden’s national team at the European Championships in England.
The contract is written until 2023.
– It feels good, what Jan Palau, Magnus Palson and Andreas Isaksson gave me looks very good. I feel they have a correct image of myself as a person and what I can do on a football field. “I feel like I’ve seen in the conversations we’ve had, and I really look forward to it,” Lindall says to the club’s website.
“Ambition to become an outstanding team”
The first contact between the two parties actually took place in early spring, according to the goalkeeper.
– I had a clear interest in Djurgården and I really felt that he was serious and genuine, important to me as I make a decision in my career.
The blue spirit club Stockholm will be the fifth Damelsvinska club for Lindahl in his career. Previously, before moving to Chelsea in 2015, she managed to play in Malmö FF, Linköpings, Cooperbergs / Göteborg and Kristianstad.
– Djurgården has ambitions to become a top team in Allsvenskan and I hope I can contribute in that area and be able to attract some other players to Djurgården who can open their eyes because something is going on in DIF, says Lindahl.
“Among the best Swedish football”
Djurgården’s sporting director, Jan Palau, is happy, for obvious reasons, with the signing of the Djurgården star.
Of course, we are incredibly proud and happy that Djurgardens and Stockholm are the next step for Hedwig in his career. We’ve been following Hedvig for a long time and its experience and advantages need no further presentation. Hedvig is among the best Swedish football ever. We are looking forward to seeing her in blue,” he told the club’s website.
Hedvig Lindahl is Sweden’s most deserving goalkeeper of all time, with 185 caps on his resume. Add to this, among other things, two diamond balls, two Olympic silvers, one World Cup silver, two bronzes at the World Cup and two bronzes at the European Championships.
She joined Djurgården after the European Championship finals on August 8 and could debut for her new club on August 15 against Linköping as soon as possible.