Eriksson's phone 'hasn't stopped ringing' since he revealed his cancer diagnosis
David Beckham and Roberto Mancini are among well-wishers who have called former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson after he revealed he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer.
Footballing gentleman Sven has been battling the illness secretly for a year having only told close family and friends, but he made the shock announcement in a Swedish radio station interview last week.
Since then, his telephone has been ringing constantly with messages from all over the world including England, Italy, Portugal, and even China where he coached for four years.
Speaking to MailOnline in the living room of his beautiful home overlooking a frozen Lake Fryken in Sunne after inviting us in, he described the last few days.
Sven said: ‘It’s been really crazy. The telephone phone hasn’t stopped ringing since the radio interview was broadcast, I'm surprised by all this support, I didn't expect it all. I never imagined this sort of reaction.
‘To be honest the broadcast shouldn’t have gone out until Sunday but it did and that’s OK there is nothing I can do but I have had so many calls, all the time, it's nice.
‘I’ve spoken with David Beckham, I won’t say what he said but it was very good of him to call. We speak every now and then, every few months and I also heard from (ex Man City boss) Roberto Mancini.
‘I’ve heard from people who were at the Football Association when I was there, Wayne Rooney's agent sent me a message and then there were surprise calls from people I hadn't heard from in years but it's like that.'
During his interview with MailOnline Swedish football legend Ralf Edstrom - who scored a spectacular goal against West Germany in the 1974 World Cup - called to send his best wishes, Sven said:' What a player, great player, his
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