‘Dad is relaxed.. even for Sweden’

“At Torsby, the players have been very responsible. They have said, ‘Of course, we have to think about our club. If we don’t help them, they will go bankrupt and that means no Third Division when the league starts up’.

“It would mean beginning again, in the seventh tier. So it’s

common clubs who are playing in Europe probably have the money to pay.

“But even there – as well as in the Championship, Leagues One and Two – if you do not receive

Clubs are operating day to day now, not month to month, so if there’s no football there will be no sponsors and the club cannot pay

“If it’s going to happen in June or July, I don’t know. But I follow what different federations

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON admits he’s worried about Covid-19 – but his 91-year-old dad isn’t.

The globe-trotting Swedish coach is back in his homeland after managing in the Far East, but while he is enduring, rather than enjoying lockdown, his father – also called Sven – is taking life as it comes.

Sven Jr said: “I’m trying to stay busy by reading a lot, exercising, staying at home in the garden.

“I try to go shopping for food when it’s quiet – I’m

“But you cannot risk that if you think people will lose their life. That is, of course, not acceptable.

“The best thing is to stay calm and wait because I think a lot of people are talking and guessing about things they don’t know.

“I hope football comes back as quickly as it can – because that will mean life has gone back to normal too.” fine. If you compare what’s happening in Sweden with a lot of other countries, it is very liberal here.

“Some of the schools are closed but many are open. Restaurants are open too. But even in Sweden we know what’s going on and we feel it.

“My father is out in his car – going shopping, going to the church. He lives alone, no help, and he’s living as usual, a little bit too much maybe!

“He is not worried at all, strangely. He should be, but he’s not.”