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Eriksson set for US$6m deal in Shanghai
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FORMER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is poised to land his second big-money contract in the Chinese Super League after leaving Guangzhou R&F following just one full season, reports said yesterday.
The Swede is being hotly tipped to join Shanghai East Asia where his coaching team will more than double their current salaries, Sina Sports website said. The move follows a 15-month spell in Guangzhou where he was reportedly earning up to US$3million a year.
The highly ambitious Shanghai club will spend 500 million yuan (US$82 million) on developing its side next season, the report added, without saying whether Eriksson will have full control over the funds.
Shanghai East Asia finished fifth this season.
The 66-year-old left his position as manager of Guangzhou by mutual agreement last week after taking the team to third in the CSL, the club said.
“Shanghai East Asia will publicly announce on the 18th that Eriksson has been installed,” Sina Sports reported.
The appointment saw him face off in derby games in the football-mad southern Chinese city with former Italy manager Marcello Lippi, a World Cup winner who led cash-rich Guangzhou Evergrande to its fourth successive Chinese title this year.
After the eight-month Chinese season concluded two weeks ago, Lippi announced he would step aside for his World Cup-winning Azzurri captain Fabio Cannavaro to take charge of the hugely successful club.
The portal also cited a “source close to the matter” as saying: “Since leaving Guangzhou, Eriksson did not fly to England to have a vacation, he flew directly to Shanghai and is awaiting the news conference that will announce him as coach.”
Guangzhou R&F was 13th in the 16-team CSL when Eriksson took over. It finished sixth in 2013 and clinched a place in the AFC Champions League with a third-place finish this season.
The CSL is currently the highest attended football league in Asia.
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