West Ham United are set to bring IF Elfsborg goalkeeping coach Linus Kandolin to the club.
Sweden’s Fotbollskanalen report on the move and their title states: ‘West Ham buy Kandolin from Elfsborg’
The 34-year-old spent four years at Östersunds FK before leaving them to join Elfsborg in January 2019 as their goalkeeping coach. He’s maintained that role for more than six years and is now set to join West Ham.
Last September, the Swede extended his contract until the end of 2027. Therefore, the Hammers are now paying a fee to Elfsborg to secure his services, and the report makes no mention of any figures.
Kandolin played a key role in developing Hákon Valdimarsson, who was sold to Brentford for SEK 40m [€3.6m] in January 2024. With that transfer he became the most expensive goalkeeper to be sold from the Swedish league.
Alphonse Areola, Wes Foderingham and Łukasz Fabiański were the three goalkeepers at the Premier League club last season. West Ham have released Fabiański and it’s unclear whether they’ll sign a replacement.
Last season, the trio trained under Xavi Valero, who has been West Ham’s goalkeeping coach since 2018. His contract expires later today and Kandolin is set to replace him to be part of Graham Potter’s backroom staff.
