Tottenham assistant Andreas Georgson is joining former West Ham boss Graham Potter’s coaching staff with Sweden.
Potter was confirmed as the new head coach of the Swedish men’s national team on Monday morning, signing a short-term contract.
It is his first role since being sacked by West Ham after only eight months in charge in September and replaced by Nuno Espirito Santo.
Potter confirmed at his introductory press conference that he would be bringing aboard Swede Georgson, who joined Spurs in the summer as an assistant to new head coach Thomas Frank and set-piece specialist.
He has also previously had coaching spells with the likes of Brentford, Arsenal, Southampton and Manchester United.
Georgson is not leaving Tottenham, however, and will combine his club and international duties, mirroring the approach taken by Justin Cochrane, Spurs’ first-team coach who is also on Thomas Tuchel’s England staff.
Potter also confirmed that he would be joined by ex-West Ham goalkeeping coach Linus Kandolin and current Brighton Under-18s boss Bjorn Hamberg, the latter of whom will also remain in his club job.
Potter returns to Sweden having previously coached in the country at Ostersunds FK for seven years between 2011-18, taking them from the fourth division to the top-flight - Allsvenskan - for the first time in club history and also winning the Swedish Cup, playing in the Europa League group stage and beating Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
The former Swansea, Brighton and Chelsea boss will be tasked with reviving Sweden’s disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign that has seen them draw one and lose three of their first four matches, sitting bottom of their group after listless home defeats by Switzerland and Kosovo last week that led to the dismissal of ex-Blackburn coach Jon Dahl Tomasson following 20 months at the helm.
Despite having the likes of Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres and Liverpool record signing Alexander Isak leading a star-studded attack, they are six points behind second-place Kosovo in Group B with only a trip to leaders Switzerland and home clash with Slovenia to come in Stockholm next month.
However, Sweden could yet reach the World Cup play-offs even if they miss out on a top-two finish in qualifying as a result of winning Group C1 in the 2024/25 Nations League, with the best four Nations League group winners to join the 12 runners-up.
Only the top team from each European qualifying group advances directly through to next summer’s expanded 48-team World Cup finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada, with Switzerland three points clear as things stand.
