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9th May 2016
05:29pm BST

Well, Shanghai SIPG coach Sven-Goran Eriksson could be joining Pele in the hostage of fortune bunker after Monday's prediction that China (unlike Brazil, sure to qualify from 2002 World Cup group - Pele) will win the World Cup in the next 20 years.
"This season it's gone crazy, totally crazy," Eriksson is quoted as saying by the BBC.
"The president of the country is pushing for football. And if the government push for something in China things will happen." "Why not? Not the next World Cup. It will take 15, 20 years at least."Is Sven the man to take them there? 68 now, the Swede will be 86 at the 2034 World Cup. If they're paying, Sven could be managing.

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