Earlier in the day, information came from Aftonbladet that Gothenburg FC and BK Häcken would merge.

- No comments, said Gothenburg FC's communications manager Tore Lund, to Aftonbladet.

"Based on the new conditions that the JRC's announcement entailed, we are convinced that this would be the best for both BK Häcken and for Gothenburg football in general," says Häcken's chairman Anders Billström to the club's website.