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Sports desk: Any hopes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic making the World Cup were quashed on Tuesday after Sweden confirmed he would not be a part of their 23-man-squad, reports The Daily Mail.<\/p>\nSports desk: Any hopes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic making the World Cup were quashed on Tuesday after Sweden confirmed he would not be a part of their 23-man-squad, reports The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n
The snub from head coach Janne Andersson means Ibrahimovic's international career is over and he may regret deciding to quit following the disappointment at Euro 2016.<\/p>\n
Since Sweden qualified for the World Cup with a play-off win against Italy last November, the LA Galaxy striker has teased fans about whether he would be involved in Russia.<\/p>\n
Ibrahimovic has spoken out about a potential return to the international scene on several occasions since they qualified, despite not being involved for any of the qualification process.<\/p>\n
During a press conference with LA Galaxy in March, he responded to questions about Sweden and the World Cup by saying: ‘They're calling me every day, asking how do you feel, what do you want, what are you thinking, how's the situation?<\/p>\n
‘It has nothing to do with the other [Sweden] side, it's about this side, about me. If I want, I'm there. If I don't want, I'm not.'<\/p>\n
The former Manchester United striker also appeared on Jimmy Kimmell's live TV show and said: ‘A World Cup without me wouldn't be a World Cup.<\/p>\n
‘I am going to the World Cup, yes. I just said I am going to the World Cup. If I just say more, people will hang me. So I have to be careful what I say now.'<\/p>\n
The news he will not be involved in one final major tournament will be a huge blow for the 36-year-old, whose international career is certainly finished.<\/p>\n
Another player that will not be part of Sweden's 23-man squad heading to Russia is their goalscoring hero from their play-off win over Italy.<\/p>\n
Jakob Johansson had to be left out of the final squad announced on Tuesday by Andersson after not recovering from a serious knee injury in time.<\/p>\n
Johansson scored the only goal in Sweden's 1-0 aggregate win against Italy in the play-offs last November.<\/p>\n
It came in the first leg in Stockholm, but he then suffered the serious injury during the return fixture in Italy and has been out since.<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers: Karl-Johan Johnsson (Guingamp), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea), Robin Olsen (FC Copenhagen)<\/p>\n
Defenders: Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), Andreas Granqvist (Krasnodar), Filip Helander (Bologna), Pontus Jansson (Leeds), Emil Krafth (Bologna), Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Victor Lindelof (Manchester United), Martin Olsson (Swansea)<\/p>\n
Midfielders: Viktor Claesson (Krasnodar), Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), Emil Forsberg (Leipzig), Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa), Sebastian Larsson (Hull), Marcus Rohden (Crotone), Gustav Svensson (Seattle Sounders)<\/p>\n
Forwards: Marcus Berg (Al Ain), John Guidetti (Alaves), Isaac Kiese Thelin (Waasland-Beveren), Ola Toivonen (Toulouse)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports desk: Any hopes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic making the World Cup were quashed on Tuesday after Sweden confirmed he would not be a part of their 23-man-squad, reports The Daily Mail. The snub from head coach Janne Andersson means Ibrahimovic’s international career is over and he may regret deciding to quit following the disappointment at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n