AIK's former coach Mikkjal Thomassen has been fired after the team lost its European spot. Thomassen was known for his tough leadership style, but it seems it didn't work for the whole team. During his time at AIK, the team started the season strongly, but performed much worse after the summer break. Guidetti links the declining form to being benched. In the first half of the season, he was benched by Thomassen and he managed to get the team together. We weren't fantastic, had no game idea but were second, third. Then we lost a match and when we came back after the break, I didn't start a match, says Guidetti. Then I thought 'I'll do it myself then, solve it' - and then he lost the whole team. Of the last 17 Allsvenskan matches, Guidetti only started one and the team won only six of them. Thomassen was fired from AIK in January 2026.