French connection for Eriksson
Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson could take over as coach at French giants Marseille in the New Year.
Eriksson has been on the sidelines since England crashed out of the World Cup quarter-finals losing to Portugal on penalties in July, although he is still paid a substantial salary by the English FA.
His name has been linked with several clubs most recently West Ham United, but press reports said he was being lined up for the job in Marseille, a club which has been lurching from crisis to crisis.
There has been growing speculation in the French press that owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus is eager to sell the club who are languishing 19 points behind runaway French league leaders Lyon.
“It’s true. We are on our way and it should be completed in the New Year,” Eriksson’s right-hand man and fellow Swede Tord Grip was quoted by the Sun as saying when asked about the Marseille job Monday.
“In France there is only one team that is really good at the moment and that is Lyon. But Marseille is a football town.”
The Guardian on its website said that both Marseille and another troubled French giant Paris St Germain were interested in acquiring Eriksoon’s services.
It quoted the Swede’s agent Athole Still as saying that he expected something to be finalised “quite soon.”
French sports daily L’Equipe reported that Eriksson’s name had been connected to an unnamed potential buyer of Marseille and that he would come in as manager if that deal went ahead.
Source:Soccer News
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