Wild lifetime of Sven from 6 WAGs without delay to telling Fergie to ‘f*** off’

Sven-Goran Eriksson has lived an unbelievable life thus far – on and off the pitch. The former England supervisor, 75, has revealed he has terminal most cancers and just one yr left to stay at finest. He instructed followers: “I have to fight as long as possible.”

But the managerial nice – whose spell in command of the Three Lions for 5 years between 2001 and 2006 was unforgettable – has packed greater than most into his time thus far, to say the least. And it isn’t simply successful the UEFA Cup along with his native Goteborg, taking Benfica to the European Cup ultimate, or successful Serie A with Lazio.

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The now retired Swede spent the vast majority of his managerial profession scoring as typically because the strikers who performed for him did. His steamy affairs had been infamous, particularly those that occurred throughout his England stint. TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson and FA secretary Faria Alam had been simply two of a number of concubines unable to withstand the charms of the suave Swede.

But bedding bodacious beauties is way from Eriksson’s solely kryptonite. Whether it was making offers with ‘Fake Sheikhs’, telling Sir Alex Ferguson to, er, ‘eff off, or getting conned by North Korea-fraternising fraudsters, Sven was barely ever off the entrance web page throughout his time as a soccer boss. Here, Daily Star Sport runs by a few of his maddest tales.

Sven the participant and the coach

He was by no means a prime participant. The Sunne-born right-back had a middling profession with the likes of Torsby IF, the place he made his debut at 16, earlier than becoming a member of second tier aspect KB Kariskoga. Retiring at 27, he stated: “I was looked upon as a distinctly average defender, but someone who rarely made mistakes.”

It was when he popped on the managerial tracksuit – later a full go well with – that folks started to take discover. Between 1977 and 2001 he received 18 trophies in Sweden, Portugal and Italy together with the Uefa Cup and Cup Winners Cup. He managed the likes of Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio earlier than England wanted a alternative for Kevin Keegan.

In his 5 years with England his life turned very public (see under). Helming the ‘Golden Generation’ they reached the quarter finals within the 2002 World Cup and once more on the 2004 Euro Championships earlier than dropping to Portugal. In the 2006 World Cup they misplaced to Portugal as soon as extra after Sunday newspaper allegations (once more, see under) he stated he can be leaving the function. He went on to handle Manchester City and some extra nationwide groups earlier than his ending with the Philippines in 2018.

Stay with us, as issues get a bit saucy from right here…

Bonking six girls without delay

It feels like Eriksson’s physique depend may rival Russell Brand’s, particularly if these types of tales are to be believed. One of the Swede’s many mistresses, millionairess Marisa Cauchi, bonked the ex-Manchester City boss for 4 years, however ended it when she came upon she was one in every of 5 different girls in a harem.

“I was with Sven for four years and he broke my heart. He told me he loved me and promised we’d come out as a couple. In reality he was keeping me a secret so he could romance other women,” she instructed the Mirror.

Elsewhere, CaSvenova is presupposed to have had flings with a Romanian gymnast-turned-pop star, a Swedish air hostess, and a concierge from Stockholm’s Grand Hotel. And that is simply the tip of the iceberg, based on these within the know.

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Caught on the couch

Eriksson revealed in his 2013 autobiography that he as soon as slept with a married lady on her couch when her husband got here dwelling and caught them. The raunchy revelation was finally minimize from the ultimate draft, however the memo did not get to publishers in Norway who launched the uncensored model.

“We soon found ourselves naked on the sofa,” wrote Eriksson. “She had not said anything about having a husband, but suddenly the door opened and there was a big man who said: ‘Who the hell are you?’ I said: ‘I better leave,’ and he replied: ‘I think it’s probably for the best’.”

He then left the flat wearing simply his underpants and shirt, leaving his jacket, trousers, pockets, cell phone and sneakers behind. He wrote: “I wonder what would have happened if a photographer had seen me, walking around in nothing but a shirt?”

Telling Fergie to ‘f*** off’

Eriksson had a tumultuous relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson when he was England boss, primarily as a result of reality he saved calling Fergie’s Manchester United stars up for worldwide obligation.

The two got here to blows when Ferguson demanded Eriksson depart Wayne Rooney out of his 2006 World Cup squad in an effort to enable the striker to get well from an ill-timed metatarsal harm. Eriksson says the United boss threatened to kill him if he did not oblige, and claims to have calmly instructed him – and I’m paraphrasing right here – to ‘kindly do one you gum-chewing, red-nosed Scottish twit’.

“He said, ‘I will kill you. You are finished.’ But I represented England and you have to stand up,” Eriksson instructed The Times. “What’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong and when you say ‘Don’t pick Rooney because I’m going to kill you’ . . . I said, ‘F*** off, what’s going on with you?’

“And he was screaming. Whenever he obtained like that . . . it has no that means. That’s why I used to be, ‘Alex, I’ll decide Rooney. Now, have a pleasant vacation. Ciao, bye’.”

‘Boring’ intercourse

Promiscuousness does not all the time assure efficiency and sex-mad Sven is testomony to that, a minimum of based on Ulrika Jonsson who as soon as claimed their love life was “as exciting as assembling an IKEA bookcase”.

The two began sleeping collectively in 2002 whereas Eriksson was courting Italian-American lawyer Nancy Dell’Olio, however when the affair was delivered to mild, they ended it.

According to The News of the World, Jonsson’s nanny as soon as caught the 2 mid-romp … or maybe they had been simply constructing a flat-pack cabinet?

The ‘Fake Sheikh’

In 2006, Sven fell sufferer to The News of the World’s notorious ‘Fake Sheikh’ sting, through which an undercover journalist posing as an Arab billionaire seeking to purchase a Premier League soccer membership coaxed him into admitting he would stop the England job.

During the snare, he instructed the ‘sheikh’ to purchase Aston Villa and even stated he’d try to persuade David Beckham, who was at Real Madrid on the time, to come back and signal for them.

Just a few days after the story hit the papers, the FA introduced Eriksson would go away following the 2006 World Cup. In 2016, Eriksson introduced he was to take authorized motion in opposition to Mazher Mahmood, the undercover journalist, on the idea the story had price him the England job.

The Notts County con

In 2009, Eriksson assumed a director of soccer function at League Two outfit Notts County after a Middle Eastern consortium had taken the membership over with grand plans of taking County to the Premier League in 5 years.

Numerous massive names adopted the Swede by the door, together with Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel, however just some weeks in, issues took a flip for the surreal.

The new chairman requested Eriksson if he’d like to come back with him to North Korea in an effort to assist repair the draw for the 2010 World Cup. Just a few months later, with unpaid payments stacking up, the chairman was outed as a penniless fraudster and booted out of the membership. Eriksson, Campbell and Schmeichel all observe shortly after.