Brøndby land Jakobsson
Monday, February 17, 2003
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Andreas Jakobsson has left German side FC Hansa Rostock on a free transfer to join Brøndby IF.
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Swedish international defender Andreas Jakobsson has left German side FC Hansa Rostock on a free transfer to join Danish outfit Brøndby IF on a two-and-a-half year contract.
Laudrup wants experience
"We have great defenders at Brøndby but most of them are very young," said coach Michael Laudrup. "Therefore we have wanted to get some more experienced people in our defensive ranks and I am very happy that we have succeeded in bringing Jakobsson here. We were interested in him when he went to Germany and his qualities can boost our squad."
New blood
The 30-year-old Jakobsson will officially become a Brøndby player on 1 July - the day after his contract runs out at Rostock.