First Newcastle United player confirmed to be going to 2026 World Cup finals

There will be at least one Newcastle United player at the 2026 World Cup finals.

Most nations holding off naming their final squads just yet.

However, Graham Potter getting his final choice made public at a very early stage.

The former Brighton and Chelsea manager having named his 26 man Sweden squad for the 2026 World Cup finals.

Anthony Elanga is the Newcastle United player to first discover he will be heading to the finals.

Also in the squad are a number of other Premier League players, including Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander The Rat Isak, Lucas Bergvall and Victor Lindelof.

Sweden are making their first World Cup appearance since Russia 2018.

Ahead of the finals, Sweden will face Norway in Oslo on June 1. They will then play in Stockholm against Greece on June 4.

Sweden are in Group F and play Tunisia in Monterrey, Mexico. Then the other two group matches in the USA, the Netherlands in Houston, Japan in Dallas.

The Sweden 26 man World Cup squad:

Goalkeepers: Viktor Johansson (Stoke City), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (AIK Fotboll), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby County)

Defenders: Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds United), Isak Hien (Atalanta), Emil Holm (Bologna), Gustaf Lagerbielke (Braga), Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa), Eric Smith (St. Pauli), Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo), Elliot Stroud (Mjallby AIF), Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders: Taha Ali (Malmo FF), Yasin Ayari (Brighton & Hove Albion), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur), Jesper Kalstrom (Udinese), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic), Ken Sema (Pafos), Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg), Besfort Zeneli (Union Saint-Gilloise)

Forwards: Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United), Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal), Alexander Isak (Liverpool), Gustaf Nilsson (Club Brugge)