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Sven-Goran Eriksson relishing 'dream' opportunity to manage Liverpool at Anfield after terminal cancer diagnosis that's left him with a year to live

The 76-year-old former England boss described the opportunity of managing <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/sven-goran-eriksson-liverpool-dream-come-true-ex-england-boss-jurgen-klopp-seat-anfield-dugout-legends-game-ajax/bltd5441cc30a8d9640" target="_blank">Liverpool Legends </a>against Ajax Legends at Anfield on Saturday as a 'dream' come true. Eriksson has been given <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/sven-goran-eriksson-ill-cancer-england-manager/blt9baa029493cd4bcd" target="_blank">just a year to live</a> after receiving a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis earlier in the year. The problem was first discovered when he collapsed on a run in 2023. After being checked by doctors, they discovered he had not only suffered a stroke but also had cancer.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The game between the two sides - which will feature familiar names such as Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Jari Litmanen - will raise funds for the LFC Foundation. A sell-out crowd of 59,655, which will include all of Eriksson's family, will be in attendance to watch the fixture. Liverpool fan Eriksson now gets his chance to fulfil a lifelong ambition of taking charge of the club.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

“It is like a dream,” Eriksson said, as quoted by <a href="https://theathletic.com/5362240/2024/03/22/sven-goran-eriksson-liverpool/" target="_blank">The Athletic</a>. “I could never have dreamt about that but when I was a manager I always dreamt about Liverpool."It was close once, there were some discussions, many years ago. It never happened, but now it happens. When they asked me I thought it was a joke.”Talking about the atmosphere at Anfield, he added: "You’ll Never Walk Alone is magic. It (Anfield) must be the best atmosphere in the world. Part of it is the song when the players come out. It makes me like this (points to goosebumps on arm) even today and I’ve seen it live so many times on the television. The atmosphere is incredible.”

WHAT ERIKSSON SAID

The game will be the last of Eriksson's managerial career, which spans all the way back to 1977, when he first took charge of Swedish side Degefors IF.“Of course you miss it (managing), but I realised that I am of a certain age and at my age you should not be managing," he said. "It’s ok, what I have done, I have done. Now it’s over, almost – this will be the last game I suppose, so that’s great.”

WHAT NEXT FOR ERIKSSON?

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Sven-Goran Eriksson is relishing the opportunity to manage Liverpool in a legends match following his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Sven-Goran Eriksson relishing &apos;dream&apos; opportunity to manage Liverpool at Anfield after terminal cancer diagnosis that&apos;s left him with a year to live