Risible rumour of the day: Sven to Notts County

Sven - back on the scene in Nottingham? Photo Richard Gawood CCANC

The Sun will tackle almost any club and any person and put together any rumour, but they may have over-reached just a little bit by linking former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson with a job at Notts County:

Notts County go for… Sven

League Two minnows Notts County are lining up an amazing move for former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson.

Now, with a story of that magnitude and unlikelihood, it’s not unreasonable to expect some evidence. Let’s see where the Sun take this:

Arab consortium Munto Finance took charge at Meadow Lane last week and are keen to appoint the Swede.

But Eriksson is likely to want a more high-profile club.

Riiight. Not really evidence as much as it is a repetition of the headline. Then the article is rounded off by affirming that Eriksson is unlikely to take charge of a team playing in the fourth tier of English football. Who knew?

The caption to accompany the photo of Sven is great, too - I’m a kit confused… Sven might mistake the black and whites of Notts County for Juventus. Erm… why? The journey up to Nottingham for his interview might be a clue. So too Meadow Lane and… you know, there’s no need to go on - obviously he won’t mix them up. More likely mix-up is Newcastle - at least they’re both in the same country. Although even then we suspect he won’t accidentally think he’s managing another team.

Incidentally, Notts County already have a manager - Ian McParland - but don’t worry - we’re sure that won’t be the reason that Sven doesn’t sign up.

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Update July 22nd - it appears that of all the things in the world we wouldn’t have predicted (and you’ve read the Sun’s piece - it’s hardly as if they were convinced) this one might be true. We’ll keep an eye on the story today. Wow.