Sweden manager Graham Potter says Tottenham Hotspur's Dejan Kulusevski will visit the national team camp in Spain.
The attacking midfielder missed the last three international breaks with Sweden and is not in the squad for the upcoming fixtures.
That's because the Tottenham star is on the sidelines until May 2025.
In fact, his last appearance was in Spurs' league defeat to Crystal Palace at the end of the 2024/25 season.
| premier league 2024/25 | |
|---|---|
| appearances | 32 |
| started | 27 |
| minutes per game | 75 |
| total minutes played | 2391 |
| Target | 7 |
The 25-year-old suffered a shock and successfully underwent surgery. This caused him to miss the north London club's Europa League final victory over Manchester United last season.
Initial expectations were that Kulusevski would return in late 2025 but this did not happen. He has yet to recover and has not made a Premier League appearance since the original issue.
witness the game provided a timeline of his recovery process.
- On 1 October, John Dahl Tomasson, who was the national team manager at the time, Spurs attacker explained He is in "a different phase of his rehabilitation". Later that month, Sweden dismissed him and appointed Potter as his successor.
- Former Chelsea on 20 November the manager pointed out Kulusevski could return "around the New Year."
- A month later, Potter was confident His players returned for the March international break, but optimism vanished in February. the coach accepted “It will be tough to get back in March.”
Last week, Potter shared negative news about his current situation.
"Dejan is progressing but not as fast as we would like," He said.
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express Report former Juventus man 'Injury and rehabilitation are a mystery'Without giving any further explanation.
The national team is in Valencia for a World Cup qualifier against Ukraine this weekend. The Spurs man is also in Spain, and Potter has confirmed he will visit his compatriots.
"He is in Spain and I think he will come here with us during the week," He said.
evening paper Additional quotes have been released from the former West Ham United manager regarding Dejan Kulusevski.
"Dejan is in Spain so I think he will come here and meet us. It will be good to see him. At the stage he is at in his rehabilitation, it is fine for him." Potter explained.
"For others it is more difficult because they are in the phase of their rehabilitation where it means it is more difficult to be on the pitch. But Dejan will come and it will be fantastic."
Expressen and Aftonbladet did not clarify why he traveled to Spain in the first place. Chances are he's trying to train in some warm weather, or at least warmer weather.
Sweden's team and schedule for March
- World Cup qualifier vs Ukraine, March 27 in Valencia
Graham Potter's entire team
goalkeeper: Christopher Nordfelt, Melker Aalborg, Noel Törnqvist
defenders: Victor Lindelof, Isak Hien, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Carl Starfelt, Daniel Svensson, Gustaf Lagerbijk, Herman Johansson
midfielder: Mattias Svanberg, Jesper Carlström, Yassine Ayari, Hugo Larsson, Lucas Bergvall, Besfort Zanelli, Gustav Lundgren, Williet Svedberg, Eric Smith, Elliot Stroud
Ahead: Victor Gyökeres, Anthony Elanga, Gustaf Nilsson, Benjamin Nygren, Rooney Bardaghji, Taha Ali
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