The England team manager made headlines on and off the pitch in a remarkable career.
After revealing a terminal cancer diagnosis that had given him ‘at best’ a year to live, Eriksson was met with an outpouring of support that left him in no doubt about how much he was admired and respected.He approached the prognosis with the relentless positivity that defined his career – and what a career it was.
What a fun ride it was – and it wasn’t as bad as people made out, either. The remarkable 5-1 thrashing of Germany in Munich taught England fans how to dream. International manager or international playboy? He was perfectly adept in both roles and even appeared to revel in that. There were the high-profile romances with TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson and FA secretary Faria Alam, the not-so-secret meetings with Chelsea’s Roman Abramovich, and the ‘fake Sheikh’ sting that ultimately ended his time with the national side.
“One morning when I was on a sun lounger by the pool, he walked towards me with a bottle of champagne and two glasses,” Hamann said.
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