Allegations made during the past week have not been good for the game's image. However, the FA fully appreciates the importance of Sven and the England team in the build up to and during the World Cup.
Quotes about sven (14 Quotes)
I expect him to be with us until the European Championship of 2008. He enjoys the job and we enjoy having him. There is a bigger picture we are not naive, but we are dealing with having Sven on board for some time to come.
I'm giving Sven an opportunity to take the best English side since 1966 to a World Cup, and that's my way of saying I have a fantastic degree of confidence in his ability to deliver for us.
Mowbray is a great football thinker but he does ask a lot of his players to remain on his wavelength. I sat and watched Sven-Gran Eriksson getting grilled about formations after the Northern Ireland game, ... I said to my team before kick-off that playing a lone striker at home against Dundee United could lead to criticism and if we didn't win I could be sitting on a sofa like Sven next week.
According to one FA source I spoke to, 'Sven has a lot of thinking to do', particularly about the midfield and about the formations,
Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.
Don't think Sven has been a successful manager for 25 years and suddenly doesn't know where to play his players. He's the only one I see who reacts well - he knows it's part of football to have big disappointments.
I've tried to get hold of Sven so I can give him as clear an opinion from us as possible because he'll be reading a lot of stuff in the newspapers.
If he gets more football with another club it is a good move because he needs to play. Sven likes him and so do I.
When I came back I told Sven he was a player to watch out for. He's special. His touch is excellent and he can beat people with pace and technique. He has the attributes necessary in today's football. We wanted to see him in a first team and he's done very well for Southampton. The next thing is to see him in the Premiership. He's perhaps even ready to play in the under-21s.
It is not acceptable for the national coach to speak publicly about replacing another manager. I will cooperate with Sven as I always have, but I want recorded my dissatisfaction and my disappointment.
This is the right outcome. It's been a long day but a fruitful day. The FA and Sven felt it was important to clarify his future and this is for the benefit of everyone. There has been so much speculation surrounding this matter in recent weeks and months it was important to resolve it now.
I am asking Sven to take what I believe to be the best English team since 1966 to the World Cup and try and win it. There was an opportunity for some significant clarification of the situation. We discussed it long and hard and felt the best way forward was him to focus on 2006. And then for him and us to part company in good heart and with good grace.
I was keen that if Sven was going to enjoy his football trade past 2006, that I was aware of it. In a way we've been trying to insure against being left in the lurch, by having a mature relationship, that we would try and prevent that situation. What was