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Dejan Kulusevski has been omitted from Sweden's World Cup squad due to his ongoing recovery from a knee injury, according to coach Graham Potter. Despite making progress, the timing is not right for his return.
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Sweden boss Graham Potter has revealed Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski has made "progress" on his road to recovery but the World Cup comes too soon for the midfielder.
Kulusevski was left out of Sweden's squad for this summer's tournament on Tuesday after 12 months on the sidelines with a right patella injury.
Back in March, after Kulusevski had a second procedure on the long-standing problem, he declared his "knee is great now" and had targeted an unlikely appearance at the major international tournament, but Potter officially ended the dreams of the 26-year-old this week.
"With Dejan, again just a very, very difficult decision," said Potter.
"I think we have to think about what is right for the team, that's important but also Dejan is in a place where he has had a long fight and he is making progress.
"I think it's important now that this time he can really focus on getting himself ready for the start of the season.
He continued: "I think the aim for him would be to start the next season with Tottenham, hit the ground running and to get back on the pitch and do the thing he loves."
Spurs head coach Roberto de Zerbi had cast doubt on Kulusevski's World Cup involvement last Thursday but did reveal he was due back at the club to continue rehabilitation at some point this month.
Potter acknowledged it had been difficult to take away Kulusevski's World Cup dream, but was concerned over how quickly he could get up to speed.
He explained: "Sometimes you have to take a decision of what does this look like. What is the impact for the player? What is the impact for the team?
"And it just felt in my stomach it was the right thing for us and for him, but of course now it's tough to see that, because he wants to be there and he wants to play, I understand.
"He is a professional person and he accepts it, of course but it is also very difficult as it is with all the guys. These things don't come along very often, it's a dream and you're ending a dream which is not a nice thing believe me."
Dejan Kulusevski was left out of Sweden's World Cup squad due to his recovery from a right patella injury, which has sidelined him for 12 months.
Graham Potter stated that Kulusevski has made progress in his recovery but that the World Cup comes too soon for him.
Dejan Kulusevski has been dealing with his knee injury for 12 months, undergoing a second procedure earlier this year.

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