Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has ‘at best a year to live’

The 75-year-old advised a Swedish radio station he has “at best a year” to reside.

“Everyone understands that I have an illness that is not good,” he advised P1.

“Everyone guesses it’s cancer and it is. But I have to fight as long as I can.”

When requested in regards to the prognosis, Eriksson stated he has “maybe at best a year, at worst a little less, or at best maybe even longer”.

The embellished ex-Three Lions gaffer added: “You can’t be absolutely sure. It is better not to think about it.

“But you can trick your brain. See the positive in things, don’t wallow in adversity, because this is the biggest adversity of course, but make something good out of it.”

Last February, Eriksson stepped down as sporting director at Karlstad Fotboll amid critical issues about his well being.

He advised Karlstad’s web site on the time: “I have chosen to limit my public assignments for the time being, due to health problems which are under investigation.”

Speaking to P1 about his prognosis, Eriksson revealed he out of the blue collapsed whereas occurring a 5km run.

After consulting medical doctors, he was advised he had suffered a stroke and had most cancers.

Eriksson stated: “They don’t know how long I had cancer, maybe a month or a year”.

The Swede was in command of the Three Lions’ Golden Generation, taking cost in 2001 and leaving in 2006.

He took England to the quarter-finals in two World Cups and a European Championship.

As effectively as Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand, Eriksson additionally had aces like Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Michael Owen at his disposal.

Speaking to SunSport in 2022, Eriksson stated he accepted England underachieved on the 2006 World Cup – reaching the quarter-finals in Germany.

He stated his largest remorse within the job got here that yr, when he determined towards bringing in a psychological coach to work with the gamers. Famously, England crashed out to Portugal in a penalty shootout.

During his stellar profession, he has managed 16 sides throughout membership and country- seeing him journey the globe in pursuit of labor.

He began out in his native Sweden and made his identify as a high coach throughout spells in Italy with Sampdoria and Lazio.

After stepping apart as England boss, Eriksson spent a yr in command of Manchester City earlier than returning to the worldwide stage for temporary stints accountable for Mexico and Ivory Coast.

An abortive spell in command of Leicester adopted earlier than he left England in 2011 to spend 4 years working within the rising Chinese Super League.

In that point he managed three separate golf equipment, the final being a yr in command of Shenzen which got here to an finish late in 2017.

He introduced an finish to his illustrious managerial profession in 2019 after leaving his put up as supervisor of the Philippines nationwide staff.

During his time as a soccer boss, Eriksson’s love life was additionally put below the highlight.

Fellow Swede Ulrika Jonsson, now 56, turned romantically concerned with Eriksson in 2002 when he had been in a relationship with Italian lawyer Nancy Dell’Olio since 1998.

Eriksson and Nancy, now 62, had been later reunited, however he then had a fling with Football Association secretary Faria Alam, 57, they usually cut up in 2007.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

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