Eriksson ‘master of the art of love-making’
Ex-FA secretary Faria Alam went into graphic detail about their sexual encounters - and says she loves Eriksson and wants him back. She even hinted that she would contemplate marrying him.
Interviewed in the Mail on Sunday, Ms Alam told how Eriksson phoned her from Portugal every day during Euro 2004.
She said he was devastated after England were knocked out by Portugal and fled to Sweden when she accepted his invitation to join him there.
Ms Alam said the last time she and Eriksson spoke was last week when he told her: “don’t worry, everything will be alright.”
But she accused the England boss of “abandoning” her and said she now feels isolated. Ms Alam also launched a blistering attack on the FA for the way it tried to sacrifice Eriksson to save Palios when the News of the World made clear it knew about the former secretary’s affairs with both men.
She told how she was “shocked and disgusted” by former FA communications director Colin Gibson’s proposal that if the News of the World left Palios out of it she would have to tell them all about Eriksson.
Palios and Gibson have both resigned in the fallout from the scandal, while Eriksson has survived. The FA board ruled on Thursday that he has no case to answer.
Ms Alam, 38, said: “I flatly refused to lie for them and now their disgraceful plot has been exposed. Sven has done nothing wrong but the FA was willing to sacrifice him to get Palios off the hook. Like me he was hung out to dry by the FA.”
Ms Alam described the FA headquarters in London’s Soho Square as a testosterone-fuelled hotbed of sexual intrigue where executives with clashing egos fought for the attention of the prettiest female staff.
She gave a similar account to the News of the World of her affairs with Eriksson and Palios, two of the most powerful men in English football.
She told of how at the FA Christmas dinner she sat at a table for 10 people with Eriksson on her left and Palios on her right. Eriksson was quick to signal his intentions by fondling her at the table, she said.
She told how the England coach rubbed his leg against hers and she whispered: “what do you think you are doing?” She said he just smirked and put his finger to his lips and said: “shh.”
At the time, she was beginning her affair with Palios. On another occasion Eriksson told her his relationship with Nancy was “dead.”
He obtained Ms Alam’s mobile number and began calling her several times a week.
She said she had “the best sex of my life” when she joined him in Sweden. Sven was “a master of the art of love-making,” she said.
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