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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

‘He’s very welcome’: Eriksson invited by Klopp to be Liverpool manager for a day

Sven-Göran Eriksson during the Serie A match between Lazio and Roma
Sven-Göran Eriksson is a lifelong Liverpool fan. Photograph: Insidefoto/LightRocket/Getty Images

Jürgen Klopp would welcome Sven-Göran Eriksson to Liverpool so the Swede can live out his dream of being the club’s manager for a day after his terminal cancer diagnosis.

There have been calls to allow Eriksson to be manager for a Liverpool Legends match against Ajax in March. The 75-year-old, a Liverpool supporter, says he always wished to manage the club but the opportunity never arose in an extensive career that took in spells in charge of England, Lazio and Manchester City among many others.

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