Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Cup quartet holding on! FINAL SQUADS STILL TO BE CONFIRMED FOR THE MASSIVE SUMMER TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA

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Hadergjona­n, Mathias Zanka Jorgensen and Jonas Lossl are hoping to make the cut.

Midfielder Mooy has been named in Australia’s 26-man squad which has already been cut from the original 32.

Bert van Marwijk’s side, who are on a 20-day training camp in Turkey, have a friendly against the Czech Republic on Friday, June 1, before a decision is made on the final squad.

If selected, Mooy’s World Cup campaign would begin on Saturday, June 16, in Kazan, facing France in their Group C encounter (kick-off 11am UK time).

Meanwhile, both Jorgensen and Lossl have been named in Åge Hareide’s 35-man squad.

The Danes are in the same group as Australia and have two friendlies lined up - facing Sweden and Mexico on Saturday June 2 and Saturday June 9 respective­ly.

Boss Hareide will have to choose 23 players from his 35-man selection prior to the Mexico clash with Denmark’s World Cup campaign beginning on Saturday June 16 in Saransk (kick-off 5pm UK time), with the nation facing Peru.

And while there has been no announceme­nt on Switzerlan­d’s World Cup squad, there is hope full-back Florent Hadergjona­j will be on the Swiss’ plane to Russia as well.

The full-back was last called into the national team for the internatio­nal friendly against Belarus in June 2017, but so far has only one cap to his name.

On his World Cup aspiration­s, the 23-year-old said: “It’s hard to say but I hope I will be in the squad. After the season we have a meeting with the manager of Switzerlan­d - me and my agent and then we will see.

“I think I have done my games, I’m in a good way and I am still young. After that meeting you will know what happens: if I go to the World Cup in Russia or I go on my holidays.”

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