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Jens Gustafsson.
NORRKÖPING. There has been a lot of information on everything from advance deals with IFK Gothenburg to Rikard Norling wandering the halls of Östgötaporten.
Norrköping manager Jens Gustafsson’s reaction to that?
– I do not like that. I’d like to be without him, says Gustafsson about the writings after 2-2 against Östersund.
A new game, a new disappointment for Norrköping at the final signal.
A 2-0 lead was 2-2 before the referee lost full time. And so the IFK Norrköping Allsvenskan cancer continues.
This during a period in which the manager, Jens Gustafsson, has been described as connected with comrades other than the whites and blues.
According to Sportbladet, the Norrköping coach must have been the leading candidate before in the IFK Gothenburg coach search. According to GT, even the parties verbally agreed to an agreement.
Add to that that Rikard Norling, according to Fotbolldirekt, must have had conversations with Norrköping about his coaching position, not yet vacant.
“It thrives incredibly well here.”
– I do not like that. I’d like to be without it. I have my focus here and I love working in the association. I love the boys and we are having a great time. Even though we have a difficult time behind us, I have an agreement for next year and I intend to fulfill it, so that we can get involved and fight as much as we can with those who have taken more points than us. And we still have the opportunity to do that, says Gustafsson himself when the flora information comes up after the game.
Is there a part of you that is flattered by all the interest? If you are MFF, AIK or IFK Gothenburg, you will emerge as a potential candidate …
– I don’t know what to say to that. For one thing, if he had been without a contract, it would have been fun. Because I know what it’s like to have no alternative in this industry. But I thrive incredibly well here. It is clear that if we had been a flatterer earlier, these rumors would not have arisen, says Gustafsson and continues:
– But I hope to continue to have confidence and do everything possible to recover something that has gone a little bit lately. And that’s the trust we’ve built. I want nothing better than to fix it.
“Understand that I am questioned”
When the Norrköping manager receives the direct question whether he can remove all the writings and information here and now on the spot, he responds:
– I can’t control what happens around me, that’s why I can’t promise anything when it comes to killing things. I am not the root of the things that are written.
But if we go to the level of detail: Haven’t you had a prior agreement with Blåvitt?
– I have read a lot in the afternoon that I raised my eyebrows. I have to say that, says Gustafsson.
At the same time, the fact is that IFK Norrköping is not working. And already after the 3-4 loss to Örebro last time, the coach admitted that he understood if there were critical voices.
A 2-2 game against Östersund probably didn’t silence any critics.
– I understand that my role is questioned after Örebro’s game because that is how the coaching profession works. So it’s pretty quick to be questioned. I have to avoid that somehow. So it’s not my question to answer, says Gustafsson, adding that he has received no indication from President Peter Hunt that he would be quiet.
Haven’t you seen Rikard Norling in the hallways, in other words?
– LOL. Nor is it something that I control.
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