Swedish Selection Reveal: Isak Included While Viktor Gyokeres Excluded

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Viktor Gyokeres joined the Gunners after leaving Sporting this summer

Gunners striker the Swedish attacker fails to make the cut from the new manager's maiden Swedish national team selection, whereas Liverpool forward the talented attacker received selection

The Arsenal forward is due for additional examinations in the coming days following worries he sustained a thigh issue during Arsenal's English top flight victory against the Clarets last weekend

Gyokeres sat out the Gunners' European success against the Czech side on Tuesday

Alexander Isak Makes Comeback

Isak, absent from action since 22 October due to muscle issues, has been chosen to play in World Cup qualifying fixtures versus Switzerland (November 15th) plus Slovenia (November 18th)

Other Premier League Inclusions

  • Spurs playmaker Lucas Bergvall, working his way back after a head knock
  • Magpies wide player the Swedish international

These players were included in Potter's England-based players chosen under ex- multiple English clubs manager Graham Potter

The New Manager's Role

The English manager took over the Swedish federation first temporarily on 20 October, less than four weeks following his departure from West Ham

Previous boss Jon Dahl Tomasson lost his job after the national team's defeat against the Kosovan team in mid-October, an outcome that made direct progression in their World Cup group impossible

Current Position

Sweden sit bottom of their qualifying group with just one point from four matches

Should they fail to claim the runner-up spot, there remains a chance they might be involved in the World Cup play-offs due to of their results during the previous UEFA competition

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