Sven-Goran Eriksson opens up on his terminal cancer battle as ex-England manager, 76, says he’s ‘not thinking about what’s going to happen tomorrow’… before revealing conversation with late Queen [Video]

12:00 EDT 22 Mar 2024 , updated 15:29 EDT 22 Mar 2024

Sven-Goran Eriksson insists ‘life is beautiful’ and that he is doing everything he can to ‘have a normal life’ two months on from revealing his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

The former England boss, who will fulfil a dream by managing Liverpool Legends against Ajax Legends at Anfield on Saturday, stunned the world of football back in January when he announced that he had ‘about a year’ to live.

He is now back in Sweden undergoing treatment and admitted that his shock cancer diagnosis has brought his life into sharp focus.

‘You appreciate waking up in the morning and feeling well and normally you don’t do that. You take it for granted,’ he said.

‘In the beginning when you get the diagnosis coming from nowhere, it’s like a shock but after a while you learn to live with it.’