Manchester United wanted Sven-Goran Eriksson to replace Sir Alex Ferguson in 2001, but the deal did not materialize.
It was two days before the end of 2001 when Peter Kenyon and Maurice Watkins walked into a flat belonging to super-agent Pini Zahavi in Marleybone, the exclusive district of London, and sat in a living room with Sven-Goran Eriksson . The reason for the meeting was clear to all parties. Manchester United wanted Eriksson to replace the retiring Sir Alex Ferguson and Eriksson wanted the job.
Ferguson had already announced his decision to call it a day at the end of the 2001/02 season and this was when Eriksson-mania was at its height. It was only a few months after England's 5-1 win in Germany in World Cup qualifying, but the Swede suspected the honeymoon wouldn't last forever and replacing Ferguson was the club job every manager wanted. By this stage, Ferguson had won seven of his 13 Premier League titles. There would be another Champions League to come as well as two more finals. But as 2001 turned into 2002 he looked like he was of
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