Sven's affair was 'explosive'

Sven-Goran Eriksson's love life during his affair with Ulrika Jonsson was more explosive than the Gulf war, the Football Association communications chief has said.

Paul Newman described the tangle around the England manager as he found himself acting as a buffer between Eriksson, 54, and his girlfriend Nancy Dell'Olio while the Swedish coach secretly dated 34-year-old Ms Jonsson.

In a biography of Eriksson, Joe Lovejoy describes scenes at the FA's headquarters. Mr Lovejoy said: "One day when I was with Sven in his office Newman sat with us fielding calls from Nancy. It was clear the England coach did not want to speak to her.

"In a quiet aside Newman told me that 'the Gulf war was a cakewalk compared to dealing with Eriksson's love life'".

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