It was announced in the spring that breakaway trio Karlsson, Dahlqvist and Svahn would not train with the national team before or during the now-starting season.
– I think it’s a shame, it must seem like a failure (for the national team’s leadership) that they don’t want to get involved, that they can’t meet their demands. Even if we don’t know who they were, I think it should be possible to find a model and not be in such a hurry, but let it take some time to bring them along, says SVT expert Mathias Fredriksson and continues:
– I believe in a model where the best fight and train together as much as possible, partly for themselves but also for those from below who can be close to the stars and see what is required and see how to develop.
National coach Anders Byström replies:
– I believe in that model too, so obviously it’s sad that they aren’t included. But we had good dialogues and I hope everyone wants to join. I really believe in the team we had this summer, it’s very strong. If we can get all the best with us, that is of course even better.
Does this sound like a failure to you?
– Well, we’ll see this winter, how it goes. But I think it will be fine.
