Ex-Man Utd star ignores national team manager's calls after snub - 'It's a bit weird'

Sweden manager has been left scratching his head after star didn't return his calls after being dropped from the squad.

Elanga, 22, has appeared in every one of high-flying Forest's 11 games this season but warmed the bench for during the last international break. The academy graduate didn't play a single minute as Tomasson's side faced and Estonia in the .

It's been claimed that Elanga was the absent for their team meal after beating Estonia 3-0 in Tallinn. His behaviour, according to Swedish outlet , didn't go down well within the camp and Tomasson chose not to call him up for this month's clashes with Slovakia and Azerbaijan, with Sweden sitting top of their group.

Since his decision, the ex- and striker says that he hasn't been to contact Elanga. "No, he hasn't called me. Not yet," Tomasson revealed.

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"I tried to call him again but we haven't been in touch yet. But I'm sure we'll be in touch before the next gathering [in March]. There is a lot of time left until then. It is a bit but we cannot change it. He might be very busy. I don't know."

Asked by if Elanga was angry with him, the former manager replied: "I don't know. You can ask Anthony yourself if he was angry or not. I don't know. I don't think I'm the right person to ask that. It's better to ask him."

Elanga, who Forest paid £15million to sign from United in August 2023, registered an assist against Newcastle on Sunday, only for the Magpies to turn the game around and win 3-1. In 19 caps for Sweden, the 22-year-old has scored three goals.

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"Of course, players are disappointed when they are not selected," Danish coach Tomasson, who became Sweden's first-ever foreign manager in February, added. "Alexander Isak and Emil Forsberg are back and when two players are back, a player has to go out.

"You don't want to make decisions like that as a human being, but as a coach it's your job and that’s what being a coach is all about. Someone will always be disappointed, but that’s football and part of it."

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