Tottenham Hotspur star Dejan Kulusevski has been the speak of the Swedish media this week and never simply due to his high quality as a winger.
Sweden are in search of new stars to emerge.
The times of Freddie Ljungberg and Henrik Larsson have lengthy gone and Zlatan Ibrahimovic has now referred to as time on his profession.
It’s time for the subsequent era of Swedish abilities to step up and there’s appreciable pleasure round 4 attacking gamers.
Winger Anthony Elanga has loved a promising first season at Nottingham Forest and Viktor Gyokeres simply can’t cease scoring for Sporting.
Then there’s Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak and Tottenham ace Dejan Kulusevski, two gamers who’ve actually confirmed themselves within the Premier League.
Discovering the appropriate formation and components will likely be a problem for brand spanking new boss Jon Dahl Tomasson, and he will likely be hoping to see all of them step ahead as staff leaders.
Kulusevski has accomplished that this week after Tomasson admitted that the Spurs winger produced a rousing pre-match staff speak earlier than the 1-0 win over Albania on Monday evening.
The Spurs ace is attempting to step ahead into extra of a management function with Sweden and he seemingly impressed Newcastle hitman Isak.
Alexander Isak on Dejan Kulusevski
Isak has informed Aftonbladet in Sweden that he felt Kulusevski ‘did nicely’ along with his speech – and was somewhat stunned by it.
The Newcastle star wasn’t essentially stunned that Kulusevski may ship a speech, however extra that it had a lot ‘gusto’ for his first try.
“He did nicely truly, I used to be somewhat stunned,” stated Isak. “Not that he may ship that speech, however it was nonetheless his first speech and he delivered it with gusto,” he added.
Victor Lindelof is the present Sweden captain however is six years older than Kulusevski.
It wouldn’t be a shock to see Kulusevski’s time come when it comes to carrying the armband for his nation, even when it’s just a few years away.
Elanga, Kulusevski, Gyokeres and Isak are all 25 or underneath, so Sweden could possibly be on the point of having fairly the attacking quartet.
Kulusevski is trying to cement himself as a frontrunner and that will have been considerably impressed by Sweden lacking out on qualification for Euro 2024.
Kulusevski received’t need to expertise lacking out once more and will look to actually step up and lead this Sweden staff in the direction of the 2026 World Cup.
Ange Postecoglou will love listening to that Kulusevski is attempting to take this subsequent step in his profession and his growth as a participant – and as an individual – can solely assist Tottenham shifting ahead.
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