The Englishman Graham Potter began his first press conference as national team manager by speaking Swedish – to then switch. Sorry, but now we must continue in English, he says.
SportsFootball World Championship 2026 is far away for Sweden after the fiasco start in the qualifying. Hope is placed in new national team captain Graham Potter and the so-called Nations League lifeline, but there is a risk that tough opposition awaits in a possible playoff in March.
FootballFootball experts Alexander Axén and Anders Andersson are rejoicing over the news that Graham Potter will become the new national team manager for the Swedish men's national team. It's actually too good to be true, says Axén.
FootballGraham Potter becomes new national team manager for the crisis-ridden men's national team in football. The goal: To take Sweden to the World Championship 2026. I am very proud. When you are small you dream of the World Championship. To get the opportunity to help Sweden get there is incredibly exciting, says the Englishman at a press conference.
FootballThe Swedish Football Association is verbally agreed with Graham Potter on taking over the national team captain post, according to information to Expressen.
FootballThe Swedish Football Association (SvFF) has initiated negotiations with Graham Potter for the national team captain job, reports TV4's Football Channel. According to Expressen, the Englishman is the association's main track.
FootballJon Dahl Tomasson was Sweden's first foreign national team manager in football. In the hunt for the next national team manager, Englishman Graham Potter has opened up for the task. A very competent and skilled football coach, says the association's football manager Kim Källström about Potter.
FootballJon Dahl Tomasson gets fired. But who can in that case take over the national team captain job at short notice? Here are some possible replacements.
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