STOCKHOLM – Sweden manager Janne Andersson said striker Zlatan
Ibrahimovic is not ruled out of playing for Sweden again, despite
being critical of team selection in the past.
Last year, Ibrahimovic criticised Andersson's selections for the
national team suggesting in a newspaper interview that the manager
overlooked players with immigrant backgrounds.
Other players rejected Ibrahimovic's claim. Andersson said on
Saturday it was not an issue.
"I'm pretty good at putting things behind me," he said.
"At the time, I was sad and disappointed but it has passed, so he is
welcome to get in touch if he feels he has changed his mind."
Ibrahimovic recently signed a six-month contract with Italian outfit
AC Milan but the 38-year-old has not played for Sweden since
announcing his international retirement after Euro 2016.
"The basic situation concerning players who have declined to play for
the national team is, as I have said before, that they (can) contact
me and say that they are interested," Andersson told the website
Fotbollskanalen.
"Then we can take it from there. It's not more complicated than
that," he added.
Andersson's remarks were made in Doha, Qatar where Sweden are
preparing for a January tournament with matches against Moldova and
Kosovo.
Sweden have qualified for this year's Euro 2020 tournament in June.