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Alexander Isak, Dejan Kulusevski and Viktor Gyökeres are the hottest candidates as this year’s winner of the Golden Ball.
But it’s not a topic the national team’s super trio talks about.
– We all do our best to perform. We are fully aware that it is not in our hands how it is voted and how it is selected, says Isak.
Are you thinking of winning yourself?
– Not really. Stuff like that is just a plus on the side. I’m thinking more about having a fantastic season, both in the club team and in the national team.
Tributes to Gyökeres
But Alexander Isak is, like everyone else, impressed by the progress of Sporting Lisbon striker Gyökere.
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The Swede has been linked with Manchester United, among other things, since his coach Ruben Amorim took over the Premier League giant.
– We have seen for a while now, we Swedes anyway, what he goes for and the level he possesses. It feels more now like the whole world is starting to talk. In England too, he is talked about. Incredible fun for him and for us in the Swedish national team that we have such a player, says Isak.
Isak about Arsenal
Isak, back in the national team after a toe injury, is also the man of the rumours. There is a lot of talk about Arsenal. But that’s the catch.
– Throughout my career, I have never spoken or commented on the transfer rumors during the season. There have been many such years where it has been talked about, and I have said that it does not affect me. I have commented on my situation in Newcastle. I am fully focused on my task there and that we will have a fantastic season, which there are still great opportunities for. I have no thoughts about anything else.
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At least this is what Alexander Isak can reveal: It takes a lot to start playing golf.
He is happy to accompany you on the track. When Emil Forsberg, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Anton Saletros and Kristoffer Nordfeldt cheered up in Marbella on Tuesday, he hooked the four ball.
– I was there to support the boys. I was the caddy, drove the car. I was really just there to get some sun and some peace.
Good duo
You can’t swing?
– I have tried sometimes. I would have needed Robin Quaison with me, he and I were a good duo out there.
Sweden ends the Nations League with the matches against Slovakia (Saturday) and Azerbaijan (Tuesday).
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