Sir Alex Ferguson believes Sven-Goran Eriksson was on the brink of walking out on England to join Manchester United before his U-turn over his proposed retirement.
It is suggested Eriksson would have left his post after last year's World Cup finals. "I think they'd done the deal all right," Ferguson says in an interview to be published in The Times magazine on Saturday. "I don't know for certain, but I'm sure it was Eriksson. I think they'd shaken hands. They couldn't put anything on paper because he was still England manager." Ferguson also appears to take a swipe at the Swede's style of management, hinting that Eriksson is something of a 'yes-man'. He adds: "I think Sven Eriksson would have been a nice easy choice for them (the United directors) in terms of nothing really happens, does it? "He doesn't change anything. He sails along, nobody falls out with him. "He comes out and says 'the first half we were good, second half we were not so good. I am very pleased with the result.' "I think he'd have been all right for United, you know what I mean? The acceptable face. "Carlos (Queiroz, assistant coach at United) knows him because he was with Benfica and Carlos is from Lisbon. "Carlos says what he did well was he never fell out with anyone, best pal with the president, the press liked him. I think he does this a bit. "The press make a suggestion about something, he seems to follow it a bit. Making David Beckham captain, for instance. In fairness, there weren't many options." *************************************** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
