Sven Goran Eriksson de regresso a casa?

City's Sven in talks with Benfica - £1.8m deal offered
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Last updated at 23:05pm on 7th May 2008

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Sven Goran Eriksson yesterday met representatives of Portuguese club Benfica as he began preparing for life after Manchester City. Sportsmail can reveal that the Swede met Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira and sporting director Rui Costa at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, where he has been living during his 10 months in the city.

It is believed that the Benfica contingent left the meeting believing the former England coach would take the job, but Eriksson later told friends he was still undecided.

The fact that he agreed to speak to the Potuguese in such a high-profile place clearly indicates that he expects the sack once the season is over. Eriksson managed Benfica from 1982-84 and 1989-92, and Vieira had high hopes of tempting him back when he arrived in Manchester on a private jet yesterday morning, but his offer of £1.8million a year will not match the £2.5m the Swede earns at City.

In www.dailymail.co.uk