Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres and Liverpool ahead Alexander Isak have been named in Sweden’s World Cup squad.
Nevertheless, the summer season’s event in Canada, Mexico and the USA has come too quickly for Tottenham ahead Dejan Kulusevski, who misses out having not performed this season due to a knee harm.
Sweden coach Graham Potter mentioned it was troublesome to go away out the 26-year-old.
“A really, very troublesome determination when it comes to the place he [Kulusevski] has been and what he is finished over the past 12 months, the place he is at when it comes to his rehab with 4 and a half weeks to go to that first sport,” Potter instructed a information convention.
Isak, 26, has additionally had an injury-hit marketing campaign and has solely began eight league matches for Liverpool since his £125m British file switch from Newcastle final summer season.
“We clearly hope he finishes the season in Liverpool with some sport time,” added Potter. “Our problem is to get Alex in one of the best second of the season and for him to hit prime type, as a result of if he does, he is a world-class participant.”
Sweden endured a depressing qualifying marketing campaign, ending backside of their group with two factors, however their efficiency within the Nations League gave them a second probability and wins over Ukraine and Poland within the play-offs took them to the finals.
“It is extremely thrilling – an enormous honour for me,” mentioned Potter, who grew to become Sweden supervisor in October. “The constructive response from our supporters has been incredible, and now we’re wanting ahead to creating extra recollections collectively in the course of the World Cup.”
Gyokeres and Isak are two of 11 British-based gamers within the squad, which additionally contains goalkeepers Viktor Johansson (Stoke) and Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby) and defenders Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds) and Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa).
Midfielders Yasin Ayari and Lucas Bergvall, who play for Brighton and Tottenham respectively have additionally been named, as have Newcastle winger Anthony Elanga and Celtic ahead Benjamin Nygren.
Sweden are in Group F and play Tunisia in Monterrey, Mexico on 14 June (03:00 BST, 15 June) earlier than two video games in the USA – towards the Netherlands in Houston on 20 June and Japan in Dallas 5 days later (00:00 BST, 26 June).
