LONDON (AP) 鈥� Tottenham midfielder Dejan Kulusevski revealed on Thursday he had a 鈥渟mall intervention鈥� on his injured right knee that has kept him sidelined all season and will cause him to miss the with Sweden.
Kulusevski has been in Sweden鈥檚 camp this week for the buildup to the against Ukraine in Valencia, Spain, on Thursday, but wasn鈥檛 picked in the squad and will not play.
Footage showed Kulusevski apparently walking with a limp and he took to Instagram to explain why.
鈥淛ust to clarify things. I鈥檓 limping because I had a small intervention in the knee 2 weeks ago,鈥� he wrote on Instagram. 鈥淲ent in and took out what was not suppose(d) to be there. Knee is great now.鈥�
Kulusevski hasn鈥檛 played for club or country since last May when he hurt his knee in a Premier League game.
He has been a big miss for Tottenham, which is .
Tottenham interim manager Igor Tudor said last week there was no timeline on Kukusevski鈥檚 potential return.
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