COOL: Sven-Goran Eriksson

SVEN-GORAN Eriksson will be remembered as a kind and good man, but also as something of an enigma. Did anybody really know him? Was there actually that much to know?
I interviewed the Swede a couple of times during his days at Leicester and – like everyone he met – was thoroughly impressed by his laid-back charm.
But I never got much out of him. He would describe the legendary players he managed at Lazio and Sampdoria as ‘good’. David Beckham was a ‘nice guy’ and
‘very professional’. Managing Englan...