Andersson tells that the thoughts have been with him since he stopped as national team captain in the autumn of 2023. But the decision was made in connection with a Halmstad match last summer, where coach Magnus Haglund led his team.
I looked at my wife and said, 'I get anxious seeing Magnus down there. I've done that a hundred times, I don't want to do it again. Never again'.
Andersson hinted already last winter, in connection with his participation in Kanal 5's "Över Atlanten", that the coaching career was over. But then the decision had not been taken.
It's nothing that has felt right so far, and I've probably taken a pretty big step towards not being a coach, he said to TT then.
Janne Andersson has previously confirmed that there were offers when he stopped, first from Latvia and later Nigeria, but also other offers.
It hasn't been Premier League and completely fantastic offers. But there have been good offers. National team coach jobs and coaching jobs at places that were interesting, but it hasn't been tempting enough, he says to Expressen.
And if the will isn't there, it's just to stop, according to Andersson.
Now I thought, damn it. I don't want to, I don't want to. And if you don't want to, it doesn't help if it's millions, millions of kronor.
I'm done.
Born: 29 September 1962 (62 years old).
Coaching assignments: Swedish men's national team, IFK Norrköping, Örgryte IS, Halmstads BK, Laholms FK.
Main merits: League gold with IFK Norrköping, League gold as assistant with Halmstad, big silver with Halmstad as coach.
He led Sweden to the quarterfinals in the World Championship 2018 and to the round of 16 in the European Championship 2021.
