Erik Friberg appears to be going back to Sweden and to his former club, according to reports out of his native country. The 30-year-old midfielder is apparently set to a sign a four-year deal with BK Hacken — where he spent parts of four seasons before his first stint with the Sounders — to be formally announced sometime in the next few days.
That Friberg is going back to Sweden shouldn’t come as a huge shock. Sounders GM Garth Lagerwey didn’t sound very optimistic about bringing back Friberg after the team declined to exercise the player’s option.