Big clubs (almost) always do the right thing. Results wise, team wise, trophy wise, fans wise and PR wise. And Liverpool is right up there with the best in terms of all these mentioned areas. The latest club move just confirmed that. Famous Swedish coach and former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will get his last (football) whish and will be the Reds’ coach.Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, said managing Liverpool was something he always wanted to do in his career.Now he’ll get that chance as he joins a Liverpool Legends management team for a charity game against Ajax ❤#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/g1pLioP8AW— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 13, 2024 “Liverpool FC is delighted to confirm Sven-Goran Eriksson will be part of the LFC Legends management team for the game against Ajax Legends at Anfield on March 23. The former England boss will join a dugout of Reds greats, including Ian Rush, John Barnes and John Aldridge, for the annual LFC Foundation charity match. All connected with the club and LFC Foundation look forward to warmly welcoming LFC fan Sven and his family to Anfield – and seeing him in the dugout on the day – for a fantastic fundraising occasion” reads the statement.Henry about Klopp’s departure: ’Good for you’Former Liverpool’s players who will participate will be goalkeepers Jerzy Dudek and Sander Westerveld, and they will be joined by defenders Martin Skrtel, Fabio Aurelio and Gregory Vignal as well as Djibril Cisse and forward Ryan Babel, who will feature for both sides in the game, since he played for Ajax also.We are delighted to confirm Sven-Goran Eriksson will be part of the #LFCLegends management team for the game against Ajax Legends at Anfield 🔴 More info: https://t.co/qzBKmm4Htd pic.twitter.com/xsWr4KYUKf— Liverpool FC (@LFC) February 13, 2024 Liverpool arranged for Sven-Goran Eriksson to be in the dugout after a terminally ill Swede stated that one of his unfulfilled wishes was to lead the Reds.”My father is still a Liverpool supporter and I am a Liverpool supporter too, always have been. So I always wished to be the manager of Liverpool and that will not happen, but I’m still a Liverpool fan” he said to Sky a month ago.Introduction of a ‘blue card’ blasted by Premier League managersEriksson, who also managed Roma, Lazio, Manchester City and Ivory Coast among others, has a terminal cancer and revealed how he wants to spend his last days and months.”Travelling, looking at a lot of football still. I hope maybe to go to England and see England versus Brazil in March. Great game, a warm-up for the World Cup, because that could also be the final of World Cup 2026″.Just like Haller, these guys beat cancer and continued playingCoach Jurgen Klopp also welcomed Eriksson and offered his job for a day.”It was obviously very touching news when you heard about it. I heard for the first time about his admiration or love for Liverpool and that he was a fan for his whole life. I heard now about the Legends game and stuff like that. I’m not in charge of that. The only thing I can say is absolutely he’s very welcome to come here and he can sit in my seat in my office and do my job for a day if he wants. That’s no problem” said the German.##NAJAVA_MECA_7873242##
