The report revealed that Eriksson held talks with former Thailand prime minister Thaksin who owns 55.9% of Man City shares and is bidding for more.

The Swedish coach has already started to think about his shop list and all the other options he'll need to put Manchester City back on track. Tuesday's report also revealed that Sven had approached Sweden's assistant coach Roland Andersson to work under his commands.

Eriksson, 59, was jobless since he stepped down from his England job after the World Cup 2006.