Eriksson: Give England job to Wenger

ARSENE WENGER would be the perfect man to lead England into a new era. At least according to former national team boss Sven Goran Eriksson.

Swede Eriksson, who guided England to three tournament quarter-finals, does not think the man to succeed Fabio Capello needs to be English.

In the Leicester chief’s opinion, he just needs to be good enough.

Eriksson said: “People talk about Harry Redknapp as the people’s choice. But I’m quite sure if the FA could get Wenger, they would take him.

“If you consider him foreign after all his years in England, I don’t know.

“Arsene Wenger can adapt to everything. I mean, he lives for football and his family.

“You see how much it matters to him every game. But you also see when it’s a Euro or a World Cup, he is working on it for French television. So he doesn’t miss anything. That’s his holiday!”

The Frenchman is experiencing his toughest time as Arsenal boss. Yet Eriksson laughs off suggestions his time at the top is past.

Asked if Wenger could translate his beautiful football onto the international stage, as well as using his talent at developing youngsters for England, Eriksson had no doubt.

He added: “I’m sure he can do that but he’s just one of the names. There’s Redknapp. Alex Ferguson will never take it of course!