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'Sven, can you see me in Leicester?' Ex-Three Lions coach Goran Eriksson claims Victoria Beckham vetoed David's move to Leicester football club because it didn't fit her image

Ex-Three Lions coach Sven-Göran Eriksson has claimed that Victoria Beckham once blocked her husband David signing to Leicester football club.

Talking on the Sacked in the Morning podcast, Swedish manager Sven, 74, said the move didn't seem to fit in with her image.

He said: 'I asked him [Beckham] at a football event, and he was there with his wife. Before dinner we stood talking to each other.

'Sven, can you see me in Leicester?' Ex-Three Lions coach Goran Eriksson claims Victoria Beckham vetoed David's move to Leicester football club (pictured in 2013)

'Sven, can you see me in Leicester?' Ex-Three Lions coach Goran Eriksson claims Victoria Beckham vetoed David's move to Leicester football club (pictured in 2013)

'I was at Leicester at the time, so I said to him: "When your contract finishes in the United States, why don’t you come back to England, sign for Leicester and take us up to the Premier League?