Here is Häcken’s shocking obsession.
According to Sportbladet’s information, former Hammarby player Simon Sandberg has agreed with the Swedish champions on a three-year contract.
Simon Sandberg played 136 times for Hammarby and was at Bagen for just over five years before leaving the club after the 2022 season. The parties negotiated a new contract, but as the right-back was offered a contract on worse terms than before, which he turned down.
At the time, he was rumored to be linked to Italy’s Genoa, as were two other foreign clubs for the 28-year-old.
will qualify for the UEFA Champions League
But according to Sportbladet’s information, Sandberg has now verbally agreed with Swedish champion BK Häcken on a three-year contract. The parties have been in discussions for a long time and coach Per Matthias Hugmo wanted the player to be in the team building, especially when the club now goes to Europe and plays in the Champions League qualifiers.
Previously playing for BK Häcken, Sandberg made his cap for Sweden during the January 2020 tour, and was also noted for five Under-21 caps. Sandberg began. His football career started in the youth academy of Häcken already in December 2009 and he moved to the A team when he was 18 years old, after three years. Its Allsvenskan debut took place in May 2013, when BK Häcken beat Syrianska 3-0.
He wants to recruit Simon Strand
Hammarby are looking for full-back options in this area now, with Digerforce’s Gu Jiao, former Digerforce player Anton Kragel and Elfsborg’s Simon Strand also on the list.
Hammarby are preparing to make a second bid for Strand to Elfsborg and the aim is to be able to present the player over the next week. But no agreement has been reached yet and it is not clear if they will actually succeed in signing the 29-year-old, who can play right and left back. Over the course of Friday, Hammarby track manager Jesper Jansson spoke about the negotiations.
– said Jansson in a short commentary to the Football Channel, which does not seem to work.
Whether the last word was said on Strand to Hammarby remains to be seen.
