What motivated you to return to Malmo last summer?
A lot of things. Mainly to come home to where everything started. I always wanted to come back in good shape and at a good age, but also to leave England on a high. That was the most important thing. When I left Malmo ten years ago, I said quite early on that when I come home, I want to be able to perform at a good level. I learned my passion for football through this club. When I was young, I was in the stands with my brothers, my father and my mum. The club’s taking huge steps to compete with teams in Europe, but the heart of the people still working here is the same.
You’d achieved so much with Brentford. Was it tough to leave that behind?
Yeah, it was a big decision to take. It came a little bit from nowhere when I told them. Brentford knew that one day I wanted to go home to Malmo, but they were not really prepared for it. I had four fantastic years there and we’d just finished
