Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres and Liverpool ahead Alexander Isak have been named in Sweden’s World Cup squad.
Nonetheless, the summer time’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 resolution by way of the place he [Kulusevski] has been and what he is performed during the last yr, the place he is at by way of his rehab with 4 and a half weeks to go to that first recreation,” 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 report switch from Newcastle final summer time.
“We clearly hope he finishes the season in Liverpool with some recreation time,” added Potter. “Our problem is to get Alex in the very best second of the season and for him to hit high 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 likelihood 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 turned Sweden supervisor in October. “The optimistic response from our supporters has been implausible, and now we’re wanting ahead to creating extra recollections collectively throughout 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 – in opposition to the Netherlands in Houston on 20 June and Japan in Dallas 5 days later (00:00 BST, 26 June).
