Premier League - Eriksson cool on Portsmouth link

Eurosport - Wed, 11 Feb 14:45:00 2009

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has played down reports of an approach from Portsmouth to take up the vacant manager's position at the club.

FOOTBALL Sven Goran-Eriksson Mexico coach 2008 - 0

The Swedish coach - now manager of the Mexico national side - stopped short of fully ruling himself out of the running to replace Tony Adams at Fratton Park, however.

Eriksson said ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against USA in Columbus, Ohio: "I always said I have contract until 2010, after the World Cup.

"In football, you never know what will happen but I have a contract and I want to win tomorrow. I have always said that Mexico will be in South Africa."

The former Manchester City manager has come under pressure following two defeats for his side in their last three matches, leading to speculation that he may seek a return to the Premier League with either Portsmouth or Chelsea.

Eriksson had been courted by the West London club - who sacked head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Monday - in 2001 while he was in charge of England, but he denied he had been in contact with Blues owner Roman Abramovich.

"I know he has my number and I certainly haven't spoken with him," Eriksson said.

Russia national team coach Guus Hiddink is set to be offered the role at Stamford Bridge on a short-term basis until the end of the season.

Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant has also been linked with a return to the Hampshire club, where he previously worked as director of football.

Tony Mabert / Eurosport

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  1. the best thing that could happen to portsmouth is that­ sven turns you down. there is better managers out there­ that will cost you a lot less.

    From ripped of, on Thu 12 Feb 6:23PM
  2. COLIN BELL ??...CHRIST YOU POOR CITY FAN'S...IF HE­ WAS YOUR BEST PLAYER EVER THEN SAY NO MORE...YOU HAVE­ EROLFLINN'S PITY... I MUST TRY AND STOP BEING CRUEL­ TO YOU LOT AND START TAKING PITY ON YOU...YOU HAVE BEEN­ STARVED FOR SO MANY YEAR'S NO WONDER YOU ARE SO­ BITTER TOWARD'S THE GLORIOUS....MANCHESTER UNITED­ !!!

    From rc_alcock_the_scouse_bum_boy, on Wed 11 Feb 8:23PM
  3. errol flyn. Cities best player was Colin Bell fllowed­ by Dave Watson, then Franny "Hand of God"­ Lee...

    From Omser, on Wed 11 Feb 8:04PM
  4. Ref that hot place:- It's called hell. Go there and­ boil... and stop pestering soccer forums...

    From Omser, on Wed 11 Feb 8:02PM
  5. MAN CITY'S BEST EVER PLAYER WAS FRANCIS LEE...WHEN­ HE RETIRED HE SHUNNED COACHING/ MANAGEMENT...AND WENT­ STRAIGHT INTO OPENING HIS OWN COMPANY...MANAFACTURING­ "TOILET ROLL'S....THIS IS A HARD­ "FACT"...THIS IS THE EFFECT OF BEING ENVOLVED­ WITH CITY...SAY'S IT ALL REALLY

    From rc_alcock_the_scouse_bum_boy, on Wed 11 Feb 6:13PM
  6. HA HA HA HA ........MEXICO OR­ PORTSC"M.MMMMMMMMMMMMMM THAT'S A DIFFICULT­ ONE...........

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Wed 11 Feb 5:30PM
  7. SVEN, ONE OF THE BEST ENGLAND COACHES OF ALL­ TIME....PORTSC"M THE BIGGEST TOILET IN­ BRITAIN..........WILL HE? WON'T HE? WILL HE?­ WON'T HE? CAUSE HE WON'T, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE­ PATHETIC DISPLAY OF BIGGING UP THE FILTHIEST­ SC"MHOLE IN BRITAIN.....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA­ ...........

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Wed 11 Feb 5:28PM
  8. SVEN HAS JUST BEEN ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO­ MAN CITY.....THE LOOK ON HIS FACE SAYS IT ALL.

    From rc_alcock_the_scouse_bum_boy, on Wed 11 Feb 5:23PM
  9. and that means both chelsea and portsmouth

    From Murray, on Wed 11 Feb 2:34PM
  10. looks like you lot are in the @#$% should never had let­ a russian into the bridge ha ha ha ha ha ha

    From Murray, on Wed 11 Feb 2:33PM
  11. FYI, Eriksson achieved the following as England­ manager:-
    1. Reached the quarter final in three­ consecutive tournaments (WC 2002, Euro 2004, WC 2006).­ No other European country achieved this during this­ period, and on an international level only Brazil.
    2.­ Took England from 17th place (Jan 2001) to 5th place­ (July 2006) in the FIFA World rankings.
    3. Achieved the­ highest point percentage in Major Tournament Matches of­ all time for an England manager
    4. Is rated by the FA­ as England's 2nd most successful Manager after Sir­ Alf Ramsey.

    From Macaroo Mac, on Wed 11 Feb 1:58PM
  12. How mighty the power of media!! Eriksson at his best is­ just a mediocre achiever. He should be very grateful­ for the media projection that has been lavished on him­ here.

    From Mega-Crazy, on Wed 11 Feb 1:23PM
  13. james.jp - thatz exactly what tehy said when he moved­ to City, hehe

    From Macaroo Mac, on Wed 11 Feb 1:00PM
  14. Sven working in Portsmouth...would have been the­ greatest mismatch in history. Has he ever been down­ there. Imagine him nipping out to find a glitzy bar for­ a few after match cocktails in Fratton. All there is,­ is row upon row of derelict shops and greasy spoons.­ Hilarious.

    From james.jp, on Wed 11 Feb 12:53PM
  15. hehe; teh spam dating muppet show rolleth onwards.­ Eriksson on Portsmouth:
    "1- how much ca$$h iz u­ payin and -2- how much severance if i getz teh­ chopzi?"

    From Macaroo Mac, on Wed 11 Feb 12:19PM
  16. @ nige_bashton - as much as i agree with what­ you're saying, are you naive enough to think that­ it is actually a person posting all this spam, its a­ spam program the site uses that automatically posts the­ same messages on any sites that have comment pages like­ these, hoping that some idiot is foolish enough to­ visit the site!

    From wookiee11, on Wed 11 Feb 11:49AM
  17. Well said Nige!

    From Keith, on Wed 11 Feb 11:23AM
  18. STUPID DATING POSTED ON YAHOO SPORTS AND THEY CANT STOP­ IT

    From valach, on Wed 11 Feb 11:16AM
  19. If you have (sorry had) no interest in watching the­ games at(-) present then why bother posting on a thread­ (nay, correction, every available thread) in which you­ have no interest. In fact, you post on so many threads­ it is doubtful that spend anytime whatsoever in the hot­ new place you have found. My advice, for what it is­ worth, stay in your hot new place and don’t bother­ wasting your time posting to people who have no­ interest in what you are saying.

    From Nige, on Wed 11 Feb 11:09AM
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