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The Tottenham Hotspur star has missed the entire season so far after undergoing complicated knee surgery just under a year ago
Sweden boss Graham Potter has confirmed that injured Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski is currently in Spain and will link up with the national team ahead of their next match.
Kulusevski has endured a tough time since requiring patella surgery last April after suffering a knee injury at Selhurst Park. It was initially thought to be a minor problem but then after the surgery the midfielder was expected to return early in the current season. That then got pushed back towards the end of last year with then Spurs boss Thomas Frank saying he would definitely be back before the end of the season.
As the Dane's tenure came towards its end, Frank again admitted he was unsure if the 25-year-old would play during this campaign. Last week Igor Tudor told football.london that there had been no progress with the Swede who needs be able to move without feeling pain or discomfort after a complicated knee injury that Frank had said was 'historic' in how rare it was.
Sweden boss Potter admitted last week at his squad-naming press conference: "Dejan is making progress but not as quickly as we would have liked."
Kulusevski's knee specialist has been previously reported to be based in Barcelona and now Potter has said that the Spurs man will come out to meet his national squad, which includes Lucas Bergvall, in Valencia to motivate them ahead of Sweden's World Cup play-off against Ukraine.
"Dejan is in Spain so I think he will come here and meet us. It will be nice to see him. At the stage he is in his rehab, it is okay for him," Potter told Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet.
"For others it is more difficult because they are at a stage in their rehab where it means it is more difficult to be on the pitch. But Dejan will come by and it will be fantastic."
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