MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Melbourne Victory captain Ola Toivonen is heading home to Sweden, leaving the struggling A-League club with another leadership hole to fill following the departure of Spanish coach Carlos Salvachua.
A member of Sweden's 2018 World Cup squad, Toivonen has opted out of the suspended A-League's planned restart in July, with reports he is set to take up a deal with Swedish club Malmo.
Victory coach Salvachua, who was appointed until the end of the season after the axing of German Marco Kurz in January, left the four-times champions last week. Others have left for home, including Adelaide United coach Gertjan Verbeek who returned to his native Netherlands and said he would not be back.
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