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There is an anecdote in Dietmar Hamann's autobiography The Didi Man that perhaps sums up the lasting image of Sven-Goran Eriksson better than any other.
The two had just spent a season together as player and manager at Manchester City under the stewardship, as turbulent as it was brief, of exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
With both the club's ownership and Sven's tenure both on their last legs at the end of the 2007/08 season, the Swede - who hadn't spoken to the board for months - had every right to fret over what lay ahead on a post-season trip to Thailand.