Eriksson hopes deal will end speculation

England head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson today pledged himself to the England team for the next four years and said he hoped it would kill speculation about a possible move to Chelsea.

The Swede sat side by side at a dramatic news conference with Football Association chief executive Mark Palios, who announced that Eriksson would sign a new contract taking him through to the summer of 2008, two years longer than his existing deal.