In February 2020, AIK announced that it was being investigated by Finansinspektionen, which preliminarily assessed that the club had violated certain obligations in the EU Market Abuse Ordinance that listed companies must comply with.
Later, the club said that it was about Kristoffer Olsson's transfer to Russian Krasnodar, which took place in 2019.
FI has now decided that AIK will pay a penalty fee of SEK 1.05 million, the club writes on its website.
- We will look at the decision more closely with our advisers to understand in detail what basis they have placed us on, says AIK's CFO Håkan Strandlund to SVT Sport.
"Looking at the purely legal"
When you first looked at the decision, is it correct?
- I want to look at the decision carefully before I make the assessment of whether it is correct or not.
We have been contesting the decision for two years and I stand by that view;
that there is reason to do so further.
But we look at the purely legal and what it looks like there.
- We have gone through our process in how we convey information to the stock exchange and ensured that it happened at the right time.
We have a secure communication in a press release to the Exchange.
"A significant amount"
Do you still think you have followed the rules?
- We believe that there is reason to try it.
What does the penalty fee mean for AIK Football?
- It is a significant amount for us that we want to avoid paying.
We have a strong financial position, so it does not affect the long-term.
But it's sad to have to pay that money.
Would the amount mean that other sections of the club are affected?
- No, it does not.