Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed he has terminal cancer.
Eriksson, 75, told a Swedish radio station he has “at best a year to live”.
“Everyone understands that I have an illness that is not good. Everyone guesses it’s cancer and it is. But I have to fight as long as I can,” he told P1.
When asked about the condition, the Swedish native said he has “maybe at best a year, at worst a little less, or at best maybe even longer.”
“You can’t be absolutely sure,” he added. “It is better not to think about it.”
Eriksson resigned as sporting director of Karistad Football last year.
Between 2001 and 2006 he coached the so-called “golden generation” of footballers in the England team including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
He led the team during two World Cups and Euro 2004.
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