Former England soccer supervisor Sven-Goran Eriksson has stated his terminal most cancers prognosis got here as a “shock” – however vowed to battle in opposition to it and never “give up”.
He stated the choice was to take a seat alone at residence – and though he and his household have accepted the inevitable, they’re coping with the information and speak on daily basis.
The 75-year-old Swede was advised by docs he has pancreatic most cancers and has “at best a year to live”.
“In the beginning it was very difficult to accept it, but once you accept it life goes on, and life has to go on,” Eriksson advised TalkTV on Friday.
He was given the information after collapsing and fainting following a 5km run the day earlier than. His youngsters took him to a hospital and after 4 hours of exams he was given the prognosis.
“I felt totally well – it came like a very, very, very big surprise,” he stated.
“When you get a message like that it’s like a shock because I was fully fit, and rather fit as well in training. It came from nowhere.”
He continued: “Of course you feel very bad… but you have to fight against it, and that’s what I am trying to do at least.”
The most cancers is inoperable so he’s now on remedy to decelerate its development, however it has unfold, he stated.
“But sooner or later it will happen. Let’s hope later than sooner,” he continued.
Asked how his household had handled the information, he stated: “We have to deal with it because the alternative is to give up, and sitting alone at home.
“So, the entire household, the kids, they’re grown up in fact – one lives in Spain, one lives in Stockholm – so they’re coming as typically as they will, and we speak on daily basis.”
After being diagnosed with cancer, Eriksson disclosed he had suffered “5 strokes in at some point – small ones”.
The former Manchester City and Leicester manager told Swedish Radio P1: “I’m not in any main ache. But I’ve been recognized with a illness that you may decelerate however you can not function. So it’s what it’s.”
Between 2001 and 2006, Eriksson coached the so-called “golden era” of footballers in the England men’s team including David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.
He led England to three consecutive quarter-finals at major tournaments and was manager in one of their most famous results, a 5-1 win over Germany in Munich in September 2001.
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His final teaching function was with the Philippines’ nationwide workforce in 2018-19.
Eriksson resigned as sporting director at Swedish membership Karlstad Football 11 months in the past attributable to well being points.
He stated he nonetheless watches an “incredible amount” of soccer and stays involved with Karlstad – who’re within the third tier of the Swedish league system.
Eriksson stated: “Football has been like a poison for me. A good poison.
“My divorce a few years in the past was partly as a result of soccer. My spouse on the time needed me to get a job the place we might reside extra spontaneously and be free some Saturdays or Sundays. But I could not think about that.
“I would never have changed that decision [to make football my life] if I had got to live again.”
Source: information.sky.com”