Overview
- Potter led Sweden to World Cup qualification by winning a decisive play-off, a result he says produced an intense national reaction and memorable celebration.
- He says he feels “very Swedish,” citing seven years living in the country and two children born there, and he received a personal congratulatory message from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
- Taking the Sweden job has reinvigorated Potter after difficult spells at Chelsea and West Ham and restored his enthusiasm for management.
- Sweden’s 26-man squad has been finalised with Tottenham winger Dejan Kulusevski left out for fitness reasons, and the team will base itself in the United States for the group-stage campaign in Monterrey, Houston and Arlington.
- Potter calls the World Cup a personal dream rooted in childhood memories of 1986 and says his focus is on helping players enjoy the tournament while managing national expectations shaped by Sweden’s 1994 third-place finish.