Hagen Thinks BodøGlimt Broke Promises Disappointing How It Happened

Hagen believes Bodø/Glimt broke promises: - Disappointing how it happened Elias Kristoffersen Hagen (23) is enjoying himself in his new club IFK Göteborg On the other hand, he has very little positive to say about the last six months in Bodø Glimt.

The boy from Veitvet in Oslo has impressed greatly in the training matches after the transfer to the Swedish club Recently, he scored in the 2–0 victory against Tromsø - and afterwards he received praise from both the coach and teammates.

- If you want to draw some parallels to some bigger international stars, it's probably a Sergio Busquets type I think he is similar to Busquets in his style of play, said midfield colleague Simon Thern to Göteborgs-Posten.

- We have seen a well-orientated player who has good coordination and knows how to move in order to be correctly oriented He has shown good eye for the game, passes in spaces and opening passes, says trainer Mikael Stahre to the same newspaper.

The tone and feeling is completely different from the one he had the last six months in Bodø/Glimt After being designated as Patrick Berg's natural successor in the anchor role, it completely stopped when the Bodø/Glimt hero returned from French Lens to Northern Norway at the end of August.

- I was actually prepared for it to turn out like that I told myself that I'm not going to play anything, because then everything else would be a bonus, says Elias Hagen to VG on the phone Spain, where he is at a training camp with his new club: And the midfielder was right in his gloomy prediction.

After Berg's comeback, there were only three short appearances totaling 31 minutes during the entire autumn season Hagen says he was "surprised", but emphasizes that he does not want to criticize bodø/glimt for bringing home the club icon.

Still, he wishes he might have gotten a "heads up" earlier - It was disappointing how it happened, actually.

That it happened is no problem Anyone who has money can use it in their own way.

But it was handled quite poorly when they made me sign a new contract in April I mentioned this and that all the promises I made from April to August were broken.

Then I got the answer that "yes, you have to stand in this", so it didn't help much - Who made these promises? - It is the club as a whole.

There are several people involved in a contract negotiation In Glimt's case, it is Håvard Sakariassen who takes care of it, but there are also things that coaches say and things like that that have an influence on your choice.

Since Patrick Berg returned to Glimt suddenly and surprisingly right on the eve of the transfer window, there was little time to find a new club for Elias Hagen Thus, a long autumn awaited in the cold.

- I wondered why they didn't say anything earlier I got the answer that they "wouldn't change any of it" and that they would do the same thing over again in exactly the same way, and that it would be "starting at the wrong end" if they were to tell me and Gaute ( Vetti) who plays in the same position, although it also emerged that Håvard Sakariassen had spoken to Patrick Berg about a transfer since the beginning of August.

- Do you feel that they were a little less humble? - If they had been humble, they could have at least said something like "maybe we could do it in a different way" or something a little more moderate, but it was quite bombastic then and there Sports administrative manager Håvard Sakariassen explains the situation to VG as follows: - It was natural for the club to extend the contract with Elias when Berg left.

He had been given a new role in the team This means a longer contract with the club and better conditions for the player.

When it was possible to get Patrick back, the picture changed for Elias and Glimt We tried to get something done for Elias in the days after we were sure that Berg would come home, but it was not possible.

The window closed a few days later This was resolved as soon as the next window opened.

- Now Elias basically had a contract that expired after the 2023 season, so things probably wouldn't have been different anyway Where we stand today, I hope Elias had a great journey in Glimt, where he probably got 60-70 games at a good level, before he was sold to the club he wanted to go to.

One year before his old contract expired In any case, we are happy about Elias' contribution in Bodø/Glimt.

Nettavisen has also mentioned Hagen's dissatisfaction Bodø/Glimt coach Kjetil Knutsen responds to the criticism from his former student as follows: - What was very important to me was that at the time when I understood that it was actually possible for Patrick to come back again, the first thing I said was we had to do; to call the agent and inform the player.

The problem was that there were only two days left before the window closed and then we were in a difficult situation Knutsen says he understands Hagen's point of view.

- Our plan with him failed when Patrick came home, I have also been honest with him about that That wasn't the plan.

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Then you have to make some evaluations, but also be honest with the player, says Knutsen - and adds: - I understand that the player perceives it as a promise that has been broken, but at least it has worked out and he has been allowed to move on It has shown that the club has been solution-oriented on behalf of the player.

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