Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has just months to live after being diagnosed with incurable cancer, has picked a poignant spot in his native Sweden for his ashes to be scattered
It was announced earlier this year that the former England and Manchester City boss had a year to live at best after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The announcement triggered a wave of goodwill from across the football world.
Eriksson has picked a special place by Lake Fryken near his birthplace in Sunne and where he grew up in Torsby in western Sweden. As part of the documentary, Eriksson visits the spot with members of his family and explains why the area is so important to him. “I always thought great place, to sleep. The ashes could be thrown into the water here. It feels like home.”
He told Swedish Radio P1 in January: “Everyone can see that I have a disease that’s not good, and everyone supposes that it’s cancer, and it is. But I have to fight it as long as possible. It’s pancreatic – you can’t operate on it. It can be slowed.“I know that in the best case it’s about a year, in the worst case even less. Or in the best case I suppose even longer. I don’t think the doctors I have can be totally sure, they can’t put a day on it.
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