Football|Huahkaji’s coach is taken to Sweden.
Finland The coaching situation of the national football team has been on the back burner lately, as Huuhkajat has been plowing in the Nations League.
The team’s long-term head coach Markku Kanerva has received a lot of criticism, and there have been calls for him to be fired.
The Swedish Football Association is scheduled to discuss Kanerva’s position at its board meeting on Friday.
Kanerva’s successor has been considered a strong candidate Jani Honkavaaraawho joined Kanerva’s coaching team as an assistant coach this fall. In the season that ended, Honkavaara piloted KuPS to the Finnish championship for the second time in his career.
Now However, Sweden brings an interesting additional nuance to Huuhkajie’s training plan.
The Express namely, it was reported last week that Honkavaara is a strong candidate for the next head coach of Djurgården from Stockholm. According to the newspaper, Djurgården’s management has already had time to meet with Honkavaara regarding the training camp.
According to Expressen, Honkavaara is, according to several sources, one of the top candidates to be washed.
Djurgården fired its head coach at the end of October Kim Bergstandillewhich took the team to the Swedish championship in 2019. After that, Bergstand guided Djurgården to the top four in the following five seasons as well. In the season that ended, Djurgården finished fourth in the Allsvenskan for the second year in a row.