Sven-Goran Eriksson’s memorabilia from his four decades as a football manager have gone up for sale after he died with a reported debt of £3.7million.
Ninety-eight items are up for sale including blazers from his England days, medals from his achievements in Italian football, and his second managerial contract at Gotehenberg from 1979.
The former England manager died last August in Sunne, Sweden, aged 76 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Earlier this month it was reported that he owed a total of £8.64 million (118 million Swedish Krona), and had assets of £4.8m, leaving his estate with a hefty deficit, as per Swedish news outlet the Göteborgs-Posten.
The largest single share in the new figures were reportedly tax debts in the UK, owed to HMRC, totalling £7.25m.
He admitted on several occasions that he had poor control over his finances despite his illustrious career in football, reportedly telling Expressen in 2017: ‘I have no idea how much money I have and where it is.’
Sven-Goran Eriksson’s memorabilia from his football management career has gone up for sale after he died with a reported £3.7million in debt
That’s despite the fact that he earned huge sums of money during a managerial career which encompassed 14 clubs and three national teams. His pay-offs from England, Manchester City, and Mexico alone are thought to be around £7m in total.
He admitted that he was close to bankruptcy at one point after losing £10m to financial adviser Samir Khan, who he entrusted with his fortune in 2007.
He later took Khan to court and won, receiving an apology, but said he never got the money back.
The luxury mansion where Svennis spent the final years of his life is now up for sale for what is being described as a ‘bargain’ price of £1.8m.
Bjorkefors Manor, on the banks of Lake Fryken, is set in a sprawling and secluded estate complete with beautifully-kept gardens, woodland and a private beach.
It was previously put up for sale on several occasions throughout the 2010s, but Svennis was seemingly able to hold on to the property until the end of his life.
His beloved home of 22 years, the old farmhouse, was put up for sale shortly after his death.
The estate inventory was submitted to the Swedish Tax Agency earlier this month.
The records also reveal that Sven’s funeral, which took place in Fryksande Church in Torsby on September 13, cost 650,000 krona or around £48,000, plus a tombstone for 30,000 Korna, or £2,200.
He is best known in the UK for managing England between 2001 and 2006, leading the side to two World Cup quarter-finals as their first-ever foreign manager before Fabio Capello and Thomas Tuchel.
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