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The brand new Swedish nationwide workforce boss, John Dahl Tomsson, has claimed that Manchester United's Victor Lindelof doesn’t essentially have to be his workforce captain.
The United defender was handed the captaincy in August 2021 when Andreas Granqvist retired.
Sweden struggled below Lindelof's captaincy as they completed solely third of their Euro 2024 qualification group.
The Scandinavian workforce may solely muster ten factors from eight matches and completed far behind each Belgium and Austria of their group.
The workforce's disappointing type led to the sacking of Jan Anderson and the appointment of a former AC Milan striker.
Talking to Sport Blade, the brand new coach claimed that he wants time to determine a number of the key options of his new workforce.
“All that stuff like captaincy and the way we're going to play, I'll provide you with concrete particulars as we get slightly additional alongside,” he stated.
“I’ve to fulfill the gamers first after which I might be very concrete in my statements about what I take into consideration the scenario.”
“Initially, (he) wants to point out management, that's the extra necessary factor. The second is, and this is applicable to everybody, that you just play with respect and really feel pleased with taking part in for the nationwide workforce. I've heard from a number of individuals within the group that Swedish gamers actually love taking part in for Sweden. It's nice, it’s important to have it and present it on the pitch.”
The 29-year-old centre-back has additionally had a difficult yr for his membership as he’s solely a rotation possibility for Ten Hag and has solely performed 23 instances this season regardless of United's persistent damage issues on the again.
Jonny Evans, 36, has usually been most popular over Lindelof and the Swede has been linked with quite a few strikes in the summertime window, with Sevilla very curious about a deal.
The Västerås-born defender might be hoping that even when he loses his place at Outdated Trafford, he can persuade the brand new coach and retain the position of captain of his nationwide workforce.