Marcus Berg, 34.
Sebastian Larsson, 36.
Andreas Granqvist, 35.
Mikael Lustig, 34.

There are four players who have been more or less given in the Swedish starting elves of recent years. But by 2021, as you can see, they will be relatively old. In any case, if you compare with the age that the football European team usually has.

"Must have contact with everyone"

And the Swedish Confederation Captain Janne Andersson is aware that today's message means that he has to take a position on some extra.

- It's just over a year until I get the squad to the European Championships, and it will happen a lot in a year in the world of football. But I will have contact with all the players who were present for the collection in March (which now does not go away) and have a snack with them, he says, and continues:

- There are some older players who have said before that they will leave after the European Championships. So now I get to reason with them and hear what they say now, after this new message.

How nice do you think it is to have received this message today?

- I think it's good. There has been a lot of speculation and thinking at the end. And even though I was pretty convinced that this was how it was going to be, I think it's good that the decision is made so that we have something to relate to.

Janne Andersson is also happy that the decision was made to play next summer, and not to the late autumn / winter which there were some rumors about.

- I think it's good if you play when it's a good weather. Both in Russia and when I have not been the union captain, it has been wonderful summers when Sweden has been. So I think it's good that we play in the summer, he says.

Tough matches ahead

Uefa's plan is now to play the Nations League this fall. This means that Sweden gets tough matches (Portugal, France and Croatia) before the European Championships.

- It will be good value meters for us, says Janne Andersson.