Wiggen speaks out: The moment when Molde coaches knew they were kicked – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): First, could Dagbladet reveal that Tor Ole Skullerud was finished as Molde coach, half a year before his planned farewell to the club. As announced chairman Øystein Neerland that both Skullerud and assistant Bård Wiggen had been sacked at a press conference this afternoon.

Now tell Wiggen Dagbladet that coach duo have not received any signals that they would be fired, before they were called In a meeting with after today’s training.

– There has been no dialogue between us and management. There have been no calls before we were called to a meeting by the training today, says Wiggen told Dagbladet.

– Cold

Wiggen has a long career as a coach behind them. Trønder has been an assistant including FC Copenhagen, Rosenborg and Start earlier. So he himself rather shocked when the message from Chairman Neerland and director Nordstrand Jacobsen came today.

– I am relatively cold on it. In the industry here is nothing that surprises me, but basically my was that I had contracted out this year. And I was open to anything after that, says Wiggen.

– What do you think about the decision to MFK-management?

– The I have no comment to. It is taken.

Thanking his colleagues

Meanwhile roses Wiggen both cooperated with Skullerud and behavior of players and peers in the support.

– There is a fantastic player group and it’s wonderful people in the support network . The people I have worked with have been absolutely superb. We have not had the results completely with us in the series, and that’s the way the industry – it’s not always we get what we deserve. When you have chosen the profession here, it sometimes becomes like this here.

– Moves back to Trondheim now?

– I no idea. I’m open to everything. I must first dial me a bit, so I’ll spend a few days in Kristiansand. My wife has a good job in Molde, so she can take part in the decision. Now I want to take it easy, relax and go fishing, says Wiggen.

Molde said on today’s press conference that the club will have in place an interim coach during the next day and that parallel working with a permanent solution.

• Dagbladet has so far failed to make contact with Tor Ole Skullerud.