It was on November 26 that the Licensing Board decided not to grant Östersund an elite license for the next season. But now, almost a month later, the Board of Appeal is changing the decision. And that it swings so fast is something that Markus Johannesson doesn't feel good about.

- When making such an important decision. That it can change so in a short time, I do not feel that good against neither Brage, Östersund or Swedish football. There you probably have to look at how you work.

Now Johannesson hopes that the decision will not have any sporting consequences for either Brage or Östersund.

- I hope that all parties know what they are doing and that there will be no sporting consequence. But I am strongly questioning how this has gone.

Two different worlds

For Brage, this means that there will be games in the Super Eights instead of the Allsvenskan, and these are two different realities that Östersund and Brage have had to be prepared to adapt to.

- There are two different parts to this. On the one hand, we have the squad building, which of course will be different, and on the other, we have the economic aspect where some money comes in to the Swedish teams with new TV agreements.

- They have probably had two different tracks that they have worked with. But it is clear that it takes a lot of power, because it is an important period to build the squad for 2020, says Johannesson.