Agent reveals Sven doubts

Sven-Goran Eriksson's agent believes he will not be at Manchester City next season.

With rumours growing that club owner Thaksin Shinawatra wants to appoint a new manager, Eriksson's representative Athole Still believes he would have heard by now if the reports were not true.

Still has insisted Eriksson will not quit his job but admits it is looking likely a change will be made in the summer.

Still said: "That's the way that it's looking, believe me I don't know, I am just giving an answer and a reasonably-formed opinion. It's looking odds against.

"It's just developments over the last couple of days. If Dr Shinawatra was going to give his ringing support we would have heard it over the last couple of days.

"I could be wrong. I hope I am wrong because there is a job half-done there and I have no doubt that Sven-Goran Eriksson left to manage in the way he manages and to select his own players who he purchased, would have been challenging for the Uefa Cup next year or maybe even higher."

Shinawatra has made it clear he is unhappy with City's slide down the Premier League table after an excellent start to the season.

Still added: "At the time the story broke in the media ten days ago when Thaksin made some comments about being dissatisfied with the team and indirectly with Mr Eriksson and Sven was very unhappy about that in the sense that if there is dissatisfaction it should be discussed internally first and not in the media."

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