Sven sacked by Leicester City

24 October 2011 20:17

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has reportedly been sacked by English Championship club Leicester City, a club source told Sky Sports News on Monday.

The 63-year-old held talks with the club's Thai owners on Monday after Saturday's 3-0 home defeat to Millwall left them 13th in the table, albeit only two points outside the play-off places.

However, the Thai owners are unhappy that after spending £10 million on new players during the close season -- a sizeable amount by Championship standards -- that the results have not been better.

Eriksson only signed a two-year contract in October last year after unsuccessful spells, since leaving the England job, with Mexico and then at Notts County -- then in League Two -- whose owners failed to deliver the millions they had promised him to pay for new players.

Should the reports be confirmed Eriksson would be the second former England manager to leave a Championship club this season, following his former assistant at national level and successor as coach Steve McClaren's sacking by Nottingham Forest.

Source: AFP