Peter Wittergren doesn’t think some Swedes traveling abroad are ready.
After Sweden’s big loss, the assistant captain of the Swedish national team received support from Dejan Kulusevsky.
– I think we have a big problem in Sweden, says Kulusevsky.
The day after Sweden’s big loss to Serbia, the assistant captain of the national team spoke Peter Wettergren About one of Sweden’s biggest problems.
Many Swedish players have to be on the bench for their club teams.
It becomes a problem for us because it has a lot to do with timing and comfort in the different situations you find yourself in. Since our players don’t have that redundancy of playing time, that’s a problem, says Wettergren.
Quoted from Klas Ingeson
He believes that some Swedish players may not be ready when they sign new clubs in Europe and thus end up on the bench. This is in contrast to, say, Denmark, which has outstanding players in many of the top clubs.
When you move from club football to professional football abroad, something happens. I think we have very good leadership, but maybe it’s different driving abroad, says Wettergren.
He describes football in Europe as being more strict and hierarchical.
– I was friends with (Klas) Ingesson and we discussed it a lot when he was a pro. He told me some good things. It is eaten or eaten, as he called it. He says maybe there’s something in him when you come outside for the best tournaments ever.
“I saw Serbia…”
Wettergren says players have to deal with the mental side when they go abroad and Dean Kulusevsky supports them.
– I think we have a big problem in Sweden. We have to improve in our youth for sure. Denmark seems to have started seven years ago, Belgium started a long time ago. And I saw Serbia, oddly enough, that it produces good footballers, says Kolosewski and continues:
– It can’t be a coincidence, that’s where we have to evolve. The kids should get harder training, better coaches, and that’s what will make the difference.
want to discuss
Peter Wettergren commends the work being done in many academies across the country, but at the same time invites a discussion about how player development should be conducted.
It’s about our need to meet and think about how we can develop Swedish football. He says we all have common interest there.
Dejan Kulusevski moved to Atalanta when he was 15 years old. He believes that training in Sweden is minimal.
I have received a lot from Italy, but I don’t know what would have happened if I had stayed, quite frankly. Seeing it would have been a lot of fun and interesting, but now it just isn’t done that way, he says.
What I know is that Sweden should take better care of our young people and give them more opportunities to become better in the future.