Soccer - Iraq confident of landing former England boss Eriksson


FILE PHOTO: Football - Leicester City - Sven Goran Eriksson Press Conference - Walkers Stadium - 10/11 - 14/10/10 Leicester City manager Sven Goran Eriksson during the press conference Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Ed Sykes/File Photo

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Iraqi football officials are confident that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will sign up to lead the country at next year's Asian Cup finals, sources have told Reuters.

Eriksson met with representatives of the Iraq Football Association in Istanbul this week and a federation source said the Swede had agreed to take charge of the team.

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