Goalkeeper Oscar Linnér was loaned to Gif Sundsvall from German Arminia Bielefeld ahead of the season.
When the Allsvenskan premiere against Sirius took place on Sunday, the cage keeper had to start on the bench.
Afterwards, he sharply criticized the decision.
- It feels damn boring.
I'm here to play, not sit on the bench.
When I have not been allowed to play in the Bundesliga, it is because I have sat on the bench behind one of Europe's best goalkeepers.
Then I felt that there is a logic in that I do not play.
Then it has been easier to accept.
This is very difficult to accept, to be honest, Linnér said according to Sundsvalls Tidning after the match.
"I am very clear"
Sundsvall's sports director Urban Hagblom says that they had a meeting with the player on Monday.
- I am very clear: we have had and have an internal discussion between Gif Sundsvall and Oscar Linnér about how players and employees in the club should act and behave.
We have a dialogue internally and we will continue with that, says Urban Hagblom to SVT Sport.
What is the next step?
- It may continue meetings and discussions show.
We are not at the finish line, but we will have discussions in the next few days.
We handle this internally.
How relevant is it that you go your separate ways?
- I do not want to leave any comments on that.
The internal discussions must resolve this.
"Oscar must stand for that"
Do you understand Oscar's frustration in his statements?
- Players who have expectations, and everyone has, have a certain disappointment based on their performance.
I do not really want to comment.
That must stand for Oscar.
We are now having discussions with Oscar.
Was he promised a certain amount of playing time when he signed?
- No.
These are not strange things.
He must have misunderstood.
It has been very clear from Gif Sundsvall, it does not matter what position it is about.
It is the performance that decides which coaches take out, as they have the requirements to pattern the line-up that they think has the best chance of getting the "Giffs" to win matches.
No weirdness, there can be no misunderstanding there.
It has flared up as a sensitive issue. How did the player squad take this?
- You can ask them that.
We have been clear to them that we are having a dialogue about how players and all employees should behave.
According to Sundsvalls Tidning, he was sent home from breakfast today. Is it true?
- No, but it was during that time that I had my first meeting with Oscar Linnér.
That was when we started the dialogue and he was not available then based on the meeting we had.