Zlatan Ibrahimovic is back in the Swedish national team.

Alexander Isak thinks it is fun to hope to form an attacking pair with his childhood idol when Sweden tomorrow begins the World Cup qualifier with a meeting at home with Georgia at Friends Arena.

- It feels very fun.

It is great for the Swedish national team that he is back.

I feel like I have a lot to learn from him and he can be a good mentor for a player like me.

It would be very fun to play with him as well and I think there are good chances for that, says Isak during the press conference before Thursday's match.

"Greatest football player we've had"

Isak says that Ibrahimovic is a player he has looked up to while growing up.

- Of course I did.

I was little when he started and I have looked up to him all my life.

He is the greatest football player we have had, says Isak and tells of one of many memories he has of Ibrahimovic as a football player:

- I was sitting in the stands when Friends Arena was inaugurated against England and he scored his four goals.

The bicycle park there.

There are many memories and you have been inspired a lot by what he has done.

Gives Zlatan number 11

The other day, Ibrahimovic himself attended a press conference where he said, among other things, that he had kindly asked Alexander Isak if he could take over jersey number eleven.

Something that Isak now comments on.

- Yes, he asked the question in a very nice way if he could get the shirt.

To me, it was no wonder.

I've only had it in a couple of collections.

What will you play in for numbers now?


- Number 15. I have had a few different numbers before and also had this number, it is absolutely no problem for me, says Isak.

Sweden will face Georgia in the World Cup qualifiers on Thursday and then Kosovo away on Sunday.

This collection also contains a friendly match against Estonia.

"Fun to be here"

This is the last gathering before the European Championship squad is to be taken out and Isak hopes that he can carry with him his fine goal form from the club team Real Sociedad to blue and yellow.

- I started the season in a way that was not the best.

But since the turn of the year, I have turned it all around and felt in very good shape since 2021 started until now and had to score a lot of goals.

The form is good and it's fun to be here now, says Isak.