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Emil Krafth is in Janne Andersson’s last national team squad.
The Newcastle player who recently returned from a cruciate ligament injury.
– It’s great fun. He joined in June last season. It has been a long rehab, says the football federation captain.
Sweden’s national team captain Jan Andersson has now selected its very last national team squad. One who is making a comeback in the national team is Emil Krafth.
– He played center back last week and he is now available as center back and right back. In training, we will use him as centre-back, says Janne at a press conference.
They are missing
Two players missing from the final two European Championship qualifiers, against Azerbaijan and Estonia on November 16 and 19 respectively, are the defender Isak HienHellas Verona, and the striker Alexander IsakNewcastle.
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Andersson says that Hien is not 100 percent and that Isak’s rehab is going well, but that he is not relevant for this collection.
The whole squad:
Goalkeepers
Robin Olsen, Aston Villa
Viktor Johansson, Rotherham
Kristoffer Nordfeldt, AIK
Backing
Ludwig Augustinsson, Anderlecht
Filip Helander, Odense
Emil Holm, Atalanta
Emil Krafth, Newcastle
Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Manchester United
Ken Sema, Watford
Carl Starfelt, Celta Vigo
Linus Wahlqvist Egnell, Pogon Szczecin.
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Midfielders/forwards
Jens Cajuste, Napoli
Viktor Claesson, FC Copenhagen
Albin Ekdal, Spezia
Anthony Elanga, Nottingham
Emil Forsberg, Leipzig
Samuel Gustafson, Häcken
Viktor Gyökeres, Sporting Lisbon
Jesper Karlsson, Bologna
Dejan Kulusevski, Tottenham
Hugo Larsson, Frankfurt
Kristoffer Olsson, Central Jutland
Robin Quaison, al-Ettifaq
Marcus Rohdén, Karagümrük
Mattias Svanberg, Wolfsburg
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