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by **red37** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:12 pm

Sven in awe of Anfield

Story by Adam Bryant 1 March 2006

Sven Goran Eriksson wants to adopt Liverpool's bootroom philisophy when England go to the World Cup Finals in Germany.

Speaking at Anfield ahead of the friendly against Uruguay, the England coach said, As a young man I came here to Anfield now and then, and I visited the famous bootroom.

"Joe Fagan invited me there 30 years ago. I saw them training and I saw them play in games many times and I learned many things.

"Joe was a very nice man and I got to know him quite well. They were always very helpful and I learned a lot.

"But I think all the world learned from the great Liverpool teams of that time.

"They kept the ball, kept things simple. It was very difficult to attack against them.

"You can smell the history of this stadium," he added. "Liverpool have won the Champions League five times. It is one of those great, great clubs.

"You can compare them with Bayern Munich, Real Madrid . . . Manchester United you can't forget, of course, although maybe they would like to here! Ajax also.

"But you have one very special thing here which makes me freeze, and that's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' when it is sung before the teams come out.

"I don't know if they will sing it tonight, probably not, but it is a very special song."

from lfc online.

by **Lando_Griffin** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:12 am

So he's not a complete tw*t then afterall!!!

You'd have to be Alex Ferguson to deny our heritage!

by **Effes** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:19 am

I love it on the European Cup DVD when he talks about how we tw@tted his Benfica team 4-1 away in 1984.

For a geek he does well with the birds.

by **Lando_Griffin** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:21 am

Effes wrote:I love it on the European Cup DVD when he talks about how we tw@tted his Benfica team 4-1 away in 1984.

For a geek he does well with the birds.

His money does even better. :;):

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