Sven-Göran Eriksson, the ex-England manager, recently shared the heartbreaking news of being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
In the best-case scenario, he anticipates having approximately a year left to live.
Eriksson, who served as England’s manager for five years until the 2006 World Cup, resigned from his last position as the sporting director at the Swedish club Karlstad 11 months ago due to health concerns.
The 75-year-old told Swedish Radio P1: “Everyone can see that I have a disease that’s not good, and everyone supposes that it’s cancer, and it is. But I have to fight it as long as possible.
“I know that in the best case it’s about a year, in the worst case even less. Or in the best case I suppose even longer. I don’t think the doctors I have can be totally sure; they can’t put a day on it.
“It’s better not to think about it. You have to trick your brain. I could go around thinking about that all the time and sit at home and be miserable and think I’m unlucky and so on.
“It’s easy to end up in that position. But no, see the positive sides of things and don’t bury yourself in setbacks, because this is the biggest setback of them all of course.”
