Official update on Tuesday – Alexander Isak gets manager the sack | OneFootball

Alexander Isak has played a key role in getting Jon Dahl Tomasson the sack.

The Sweden manager placed his faith in the Liverpool striker, even making him captain of the team, but with disastrous consequences.

A woeful attempt at qualifying for the World Cup, seeing Alexander Isak lead the team to only one point from four group games, with an embarrassing 1-0 defeat to Kosovo on Monday night the final straw.

With two group matches remaining, the Sweden FA acting today, announcing (see below) that they have sacked Jon Dahl Tomasson.

Over in Sweden, the media have been talking about potential candidates to get the job next, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Graham Potter amongst those talked about.

With Liverpool having lost their last three matches and Alexander Isak’s form for both club and country woeful, not exactly what Isak was hoping for when going on strike at Newcastle United this summer.

The Swedish Football Association’s board has made the decision to terminate Jon Dahl Tomasson’s appointment as national team manager. The decision is based on a lack of results in the World Cup qualifiers.

Jon Dahl Tomasson’s assignment is terminated with immediate effect. The decision was made by the Swedish Football Association’s board on Tuesday. The decision is based on a lack of results in the World Cup qualifiers.

– The decision taken by the Swedish Football Association is based on the fact that the men’s national team has not delivered the results we hoped for. There is still a chance for a playoff in March and our responsibility is to ensure that we have the best possible conditions to be able to reach a World Cup final. In this regard, we believe that new leadership is required in the form of a new national captain, says Simon Åström, chairman of the Swedish Football Association.

Football Manager Kim Källström:

– We have a group of players that we believe in very much and want to create new opportunities for them to deliver. We have faith that this team can make it to the World Cup if the chance for the playoffs is there in March. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jon for this period. Jon has been professional in his relationship with the players, the leaders in the national team staff and with SvFF. It is always sad to go our separate ways, but football is results-based and we have reached a point where results are not enough.

The work of finding a new national manager for the men’s national team, as well as reviewing the existing staff, will begin immediately. SvFF will return to how this work will be structured and continued. ‘