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Sven-Goran Eriksson turns down 1860 Munich job

Published: January 18, 2013 Comment on this article

MUNICH (AP) — Former England and Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has turned down an offer to join the staff of the German second-division club 1860 Munich.

photo - The current and some former England soccer team managers pose for photographs at the launch of the English Football Association's150th anniversary year in central London, they are from the left- Roy Hodgson, the current manager, Fabio Capello, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Terry Venables, and Graham Taylor, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The English FA was founded in London in October 1863, it was instrumental in forming the modern day game of soccer.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The current and some former England soccer team managers pose for photographs at the launch of the English Football Association's150th anniversary year in central London, they are from the left- Roy Hodgson, the current manager, Fabio Capello, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Terry Venables, and Graham Taylor, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The English FA was founded in London in October 1863, it was instrumental in forming the modern day game of soccer.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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The team says Eriksson declined the job after considering the offer for some time and after talks in London with Munich managing director Robert Schaefer.

Munich announced three days earlier that it was seeking to hire Eriksson. He was the choice of Munich's Jordanian investor Hasan Ismaik, who had threatened to stop funding the club if Eriksson was not accepted by the management.