For 40 minutes, Graham Potter shared his thoughts and concerns at a press conference, outlined the plan for the World Cup and offered the occasional piece of news.
He even sounded as if he had personal contact with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and former England national team captain Gareth Southgate.
Potter spoke with Zlatan ahead of the playoff matches against Ukraine and Poland.
It was just a conversation. I know how important he is. His position in Swedish football is obvious. I just wanted to have contact with him. It was nice to form a bond with him. He wrote a nice text message after the victory against Poland. I'm sure we will have contact in the future.
Chat with Southgate
Back home in England, Potter also recently took the opportunity to talk about the World Cup and championships with Southgate.
I've known him for a while. He's someone I have great respect for and he's a good person to talk to.
But Potter doesn't want to reveal what they talked about in more detail.
It was a nice, private conversation with him. I bounced some thoughts off him.
Here and now, when the World Cup squad is assembled, much initially revolves around getting an idea of where the players in the 26-man squad are physically.
There are a number of question marks.
Alexander Isak recently made a comeback in Liverpool after breaking his leg last winter, but suffered a setback and has groin problems.
Carl Starfelt, Taha Ali, Elliot Stroud and Gabriel Gudmundsson are others with injury concerns.
All players come from different match minutes and workloads. We have to make an evaluation.
Sees Isak in several roles
Potter sees Isak in several different roles during the championship.
He can play next to Viktor (Gyökeres), he can drop down, he can go wide. He is such a good player you can give him a little freedom; we want to get the best out of "Alex".
Center back Carl Starfelt has also missed large parts of the spring season due to a back injury.
Carl is a little further away from full fitness than Gabriel (Gudmundsson), who has played more football. We get to build Carl up, everyone is happy about his progress.
However, he hopes to see both Ali and Stroud in training soon.
Sweden meets Norway in Oslo on Monday and then Greece at home at the national arena in Solna three days later, before the World Cup preparation continues in Dallas.
Viktor Gyökeres will play in the Champions League final on Saturday when his Arsenal team meets Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest. He is not available for any of the international matches before the World Cup.
According to Potter, he will join the squad well in advance of the departure.
"He's in a unique situation. It's important that he finishes everything with Arsenal. I'm pretty relaxed around him," Potter said.
