Watford’s Ken Sema has told Fotbollskanalen that he’s delighted to have returned to the Sweden squad for a competitive fixture.
The 29-year-old’s previous seven appearances for the national team came in friendlies and his last competitive outing for Sweden was against France in the UEFA Nations League in September 2020.
The Watford winger has now set his sights on featuring against Estonia in the European qualifiers on Saturday.
“I’ve been around for a long time now. Many of you have seen me year after year. I haven’t played much but I have been fighting, as I always do. It’s clear that I hope I get to play,” he said.
The defender believes he could feature this weekend but also insisted that he doesn’t want to take his latest call-up “for granted”.
He arrived at Watford since 2018 and has been a regular since the start of the 2019/20 season, but that didn’t help him feature regularly for his country.
In the last two years, Sema has made only three appearances for Sweden, and this has left him frustrated at times.
“It’s been tough, that’s how it is. I’ve played at a high level in the Premier League, I played every game and every minute in Italy when I could and still, I haven’t really got the chance. But I’ve always been here and I’ve always tried. I come in with a good feeling and energy,” Sema explained.
“I know I’ll win in the end. I’ll fight. I’ve always done it. I’ve played in teams like Ljungskile and Östersund and always took that path – and I got to the Premier League. There are many who didn’t think it was possible, but everything is possible.”
Earlier on Thursday, Sweden manager Janne Andersson has admitted that he’s already decided the starting lineup for the upcoming clash.
“I have the XI very ready and we will work a bit match-oriented with it in training,” he said.
According to another report from Fotbollskanalen, Andersson is set to start the Watford player against Estonia.
