Tottenham set-piece coach to join Potter’s Sweden setup

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Former Brighton, Chelsea, and West Ham head coach Graham Potter landed firmly on his feet last week, becoming Sweden’s newest international manager. That’s a pretty soft landing — Sweden are struggling in World Cup qualification and their chances of making next summer’s tournament are slim, although still mathematically possible. It also means that Potter will be managing and developing Lucas Bergvall during the next few international football cycles.

And that’s not the only Tottenham connection. The Evening Standard writes that Potter has appointed Tottenham Hotspur coach, set piece specialist, and native Swede Andreas Georgson to his coaching staff. Georgson has mostly focused on set pieces, both offensive and defensive, since joining Thomas Frank’s staff this past summer, and if the thought of Spurs losing their set piece coach makes you uneasy then I have even more good news — Georgson doesn’t plan to leave the club, but will work his Tottenham and Sweden jobs concurrently.

This isn’t unusual for Premier League coaches. The Standard also notes that Frank’s top assistant, Justin Cochrane, has a similar arrangement with Spurs and England where he works with Thomas Tuchel during international breaks and returns to Spurs when off of the international cycle.

I have no particularly strong takes on whether or not this is a good thing, so I’ll say it is. If nothing else, there’s a neat little connection for Bergvall between his Spurs training and his Sweden training. And hey, maybe Lucas can help smooth the transition for Georgson as he implements his set piece style on the Sweden players.