Official: Rikard Norling has been sacked – Dagbladet.no

BERGEN / OSLO (Dagbladet): The plan should govern management of the Fire have a meeting tomorrow to discuss coach Rikard Norlings future. It was precipitated tonight.

After the meeting was finished late Wednesday night, they met the press to inform them about what it was arrived at:

Rikard Norling finished in Fire. The reason is the weak sporting results.

– It is a sad day for all of us, but necessary for the club to move on, says sports director Rune Soltvedt.

– Rikard is unmatched

Soltvedt could also announce that Robert Hauge takes temporarily over exercising responsibility.

– I had a conversation with Richard this morning in Levanger, a nice conversation with a sad message in and Rikard then realized how this might come to go. It was important to come to terms with Richard. He has been absolutely outstanding in recent days, and that person all the time in the Fire. We had to end in a good way, says Soltvedt.

Soltvedt says that they already have several current names on the block in search of a new coach.

– Painfully

Rikard Norling meets even the press at Brann stadium now. But he spoke also in a press release that was issued when it became known that the employment is terminated.

– It pains me to leave such a great club like fire. It pains me also to leave one of the world’s most beautiful cities. I’m sorry I was not able to get a nice squad of players to flourish in all its glory, says Norling.

– I can play this game, and so it is, and I’ll just take note says Norling at the press conference.

– The sporting results were weak throughout 2014 season, and the downturn has unfortunately continued in the spring. We thought – and wanted – that we would be able to reverse this with Richard as head coach, but now we come to the point where the trainer switch is only correct solution, says sports director Rune Soltvedt.

Thought although he did continue

Norling was Brann coach in 2014, and signed a contract that extended to 2016. Last year, caught fire down from the Premier League, and has struggled Tues the 1st series of rounds in Obos league .

After Wednesday’s workout stated Norling to TV 2. He thought that he could not continue.

– There are indications that I did not continue. I expect that there will be a clear clarification on the upcoming board meeting on Thursday.

43-year-old has been linked to Swedish AIK.