Andreas Brännström feels like an exciting option from AIK.
Aside from a series of changes such as changing the gameplay system, I think we will see AIK who will play more entertaining and more offensive football than before.
Andreas Branstrom He took over as AIK’s new coach after an intense hunt for black and yellow coaches ended. We can safely say that “Gnaget” made a real inventory of the bus market. Both abroad and here in Sweden, before the club came to the conclusion that “Brännan” is the right person to bring the club back to the top after fifth place and an uncredited season in 2022.
And if it’s up to the evidence for Brännström in Mjällby, that’s really up to the evidence now. The move from Mjällby to a club as big as AIK is a big step, with all that that means increasing pressure and demands to win every game.
He knows the club well
But the 46-year-old still seemed to know what was going to happen. He has a strong background in Swedish football and seems to have been around for a long time. Moreover, not only does Henok Goitom know well before. Without Chief Scout Tobias Ackermann, Technical Director Peter Weinberg and CEO Manuel Lindberg. So AIK also knows what they are going to get in their new coach.
When clubs hire coaches in 2022, the important factor is how the coach manages finances. Brännström was very close to taking Jönköping Sodra to the Allsvenskan qualifier in 2019 and taking them to the Allsvenskan qualifier in 2020. In addition, he took Dalkurd to the Allsvenskan in 2017. And with Mjällby, it can still be said that he exceeded all expectations. Ninth place with only six points ahead of Elfsborg and seven points up to fifth place AIK. Additionally, he has international experience from his job as an assistant coach to Lins Gustafson at Haydock Split. It should not be underestimated either.
Give talent a chance
Of course, this means changes for AIK. Brännström also has well-documented knowledge of producing young talent. Just take the fact that yesterday Mjällby selected the quartet of youngsters Otto Rosengren, Noah Persson, Noel Tournqvist and Noah Eli for the national under-21 team.
Then I also think Brännström will play more attack-oriented football than the way AIK has played before. It will also be a game system that goes more in the 3-5-2 direction with three carders. These resources are already in the AIK lineup, although a lot will happen in terms of players in and out. So there will be time to put his own stamp on Brännström.
At the same time, it will be difficult. The other major clubs are well advanced in their preparations for 2023. With the cupboards well stocked as well. And with Malmö FF who will bet, IFK Göteborg who will sign and with Elfsborg who has air under his wings, there will be a major battle tighter than it has been in a very long time next year. It is important here that the club management give him time. But I think no one likes a challenge more than Branstrom. This is where he wants to be.
