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A book published after his death about the life of Sven-Göran Eriksson reveals details about the financial scandal that happened in Sweden about 15 years ago. Swedish media have published excerpts from this publication.

It was in 2007, when he was at Manchester City, that Sven-Göran Eriksson hired Samir Khan to manage his finances. The Swede had met this person for the first time in Dubai three years before. Some people warned him that Khan was unreliable, but Sweden trusted him.

“If I had done that, I could have saved a lot of money. I have met some traitors in my life. Samir Khan was worse. He, to whom I took care of my money, made me lose 100 million crowns [10 milhões de euros]. I sued him and won in court, but I never got my money back. So, despite the fact that I made so much money, I was in bad shape for a while, I was close to bankruptcy», writes Sven.

Samir Khan bought a house in the Barbados Islands in the name of Eriksson. The coach had no loans, but Samir Khan also received loans for property investments.

It was when Samir Khan also wanted to get a loan related to a house in Portugal that the coach ended his relationship with Khan.

“Basically, it was my fault. I was too stupid, easily deceived. I had some bad luck, but I carried on like a f*cking idiot who let him do exactly what he wanted. People close to me had said that there was nothing to worry about, that Samir Khan had my back. And I believed it. When this finally came to fruition, I could not imagine that it was so much money”, he writes.

When he arranged for a large financial firm in London to investigate Samir Khan and his activities, Sven was told that he was a criminal.

“I felt stupid when I realized what had happened. My interest in money is zero. Of course I was sad, angry and gloomy when they hit me, when so much money was lost. Even my house was for sale and it really humiliated me that it had to get to this point”, concluded the former coach of Benfica.