Daily Mirror

WEMBLEY? I GO WITH THE

- BY MIKE WHALLEY

SWITZERLAN­D defender Florent Hadergjona­j hopes his Wembley debut can drive him towards a personal double – Premier League survival and a meeting with Brazil.

He had yet to join Huddersfie­ld when they won promotion to the top flight by beating Reading at the national stadium in last May’s Championsh­ip play-off final.

And when he did arrive on a season’s loan from German club Ingolstadt, the right-back, 23, (above) had to wait for his chance – as he did not make his first league start until November.

He is now a regular for David Wagner’s side and is set to line up against Harry Kane and Co when Huddersfie­ld play Spurs at Wembley today.

Hadergjona­j, who also wants to cement a place in the Swiss team for their World Cup opener against Brazil in June, said: “I am very confident from the belief that I have from the manager. He has helped me move a step forward.

“I said two months ago that maybe my defensive work has to be better, and now it is a little bit more, because I speak a lot with the manager.

“Now the chances are here. I have to play my games here, and we will see what happens for the World Cup. But yeah, the chances are here.”

Huddersfie­ld have the option to make Hadergjona­j’s loan deal permanent, and he would be happy to stay in Yorkshire – despite the recent bad weather.

He joked: “Maybe I have brought the snow from Switzerlan­d.”

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