Defender Victor Nilsson Lindelöf left Manchester United in the spring and is still without a new club address.
We have had good communication with Victor. We would have loved to have him, but he still has no club. Hopefully, he will have one soon and can train properly. It's not a perfect situation, says Jon Dahl Tomasson when he presents the squad for the World Championship qualifying matches against Slovenia and Kosovo.
Was eligible for selection
He is very upset and I am very upset, but we can't do anything about it.
According to Tomasson, there is nothing that legally prevents him from selecting a player who is clubless, but he says that there are many things to consider regarding the situation for Nilsson Lindelöf.
We talked about finding the right solution. He has only trained on his own, he has not trained regularly with any club. It's important that he finds the right environment. In a perfect world, he would have had a preseason under his belt and then he would have been in place here.
Missing the entire World Championship qualification?
Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski was operated on for a knee injury in May. It was expected that he would miss the first World Championship qualifying match, but according to media reports in England, Kulusevski may be out until the end of the year. This would mean that the 25-year-old will miss the entire group stage of Sweden's World Championship qualification.
His rehab is going well and they are following the plan. He is in a good place mentally even though he wants to be with the team. How long it takes, I'm not the right person to answer, says Jon Dahl Tomasson.
Defensive duo Carl Starfelt and Emil Holm are also missing due to injuries. Sweden starts the World Championship qualification against Slovenia on September 5 and takes on Kosovo three days later. Both matches are played away from home.
Isak Hien will be the team captain in Nilsson Lindelöf's absence.
