Great soccer players or just eye candy?

IT WOULD have caused a sensation had Swedish strikers Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson accepted the offer of Perugia president Luciano Gaucci to sign for the Serie A club.

But the two Scandinavians turned down the opportunity to take their place in the history books.

While on the surface Gaucci's idea appeared progressive breaking down barriers and allowing women to enter the male-dominated world of professional soccer.