Sven-Goran Eriksson responds to Liverpool appeal to grant former England manager his dying wish

Sven-Goran Eriksson has responded to calls for him to take charge of Liverpool Legends against Ajax in March.

The former England manager, who is a boyhood Reds fan, revealed last week that he is suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer and has a year left to live at most. When confirming his diagnosis to a number of media outlets, he also shared how he is a Liverpool supporter and dreamt of managing the club throughout his career.

“My father is still alive and is still a Liverpool supporter, and I’m a Liverpool supporter as well – I’ve always been," Eriksson told Sky News this week. “So I always wished to be the manager of Liverpool, and that will not happen for sure, but I’m still a Liverpool fan."

Such an admission prompted widespread suggestions from Liverpool supporters that Eriksson be granted his dying wish and be invited to take charge of their Legends side for their latest LFC Foundation charity match against Ajax on March 23.

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On Monday, the ECHO joined calls for Eriksson to be invited to be manager for the game. Meanwhile, over the weekend, former Liverpool midfielder Luis Garcia was among those to make such a call, as club legend Robbie Fowler also indicated that the call has already gone in with the organisers.

Now Eriksson has responded to the claim, admitting that while he did not know about such appeals, he would gladly accept the offer, should it arise and had already been planning to attend the game anyway.

“No, I didn’t know about that,” he told Good Morning Britain. “I knew that I had a charity game in March,