First Leeds United player named in this summer's World Cup squads is Gabriel Gudmundsson
Leeds United's Gabriel Gudmundsson can take his time in his recovery from a hamstring injury, knowing his place in Sweden's World Cup squad is assured.
The left-sided defender has been named in Graham Potter's 26-man squad to travel to North America, along with former Rotherham United goalkeeper Viktor Johansson.
He is the first Leeds player to be confirmed as going to the tournament.
But time has run out for Tottenham Hotspur forward Dejan Kulusevski, who has been out for a year with a knee injury.
Former York City player Potter called it: "A very, very difficult decision in terms of where he has been, what he's done over the last year, where he's at in terms of his rehab with four-and-a-half weeks to go to that first game."
Gudmundsson injured his hamstring playing for Leeds against Burnley, with manager Daniel Farke saying his fitness would be assessed after Monday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. With Leeds' Premier League safety guaranteed and Potter's decision made, he does not have to take any risks in the final two matches of the season.
Gudmundsson was a substitute for Potter’s first two games in charge, but started in both play-off matches
Liverpool's Alexander Isak is one 10 English-based players in the squad. Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby County), Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa), Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Yasin Ayari (Brighton & Hove Albion), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United) and Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal) are also included.
Sweden finished bottom of their qualifying group, but after drafting in Potter - who was a football development manager for the University of Hull, then Leeds Metropolitan (now Beckett) University, where he did an MSc in leadership personal and professional development - they won the play-off awarded to them for their Nations League perfomances.
Their first game is against Tunisia in Guadalupe on June 14 before two matches against the Netherlands and Japan.
SQUAD: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (AIK), Viktor Johansson (Stoke City), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby County); Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund), Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa), Isak Hien (Atalanta), Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo), Elliot Stroud (Mjallby AIF), Gustaf Lagerbielke (Braga), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds United), Emil Holm (Juventus), Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Erik Smith (St Pauli); Taha Ali (Malmo FF), Yasin Ayari (Brighton & Hove Albion), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United), Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal), Jesper Karlstrom (Udinese), Gustaf Nilsson (Club Brugge), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic), Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg), Besfort Zeneli (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise), Alexander Isak (Liverpool), Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Ken Sema (Pafos).