Swedish football manager Sven Goran Eriksson has left his responsibilities as director of United Arab Emirates side Al Nasr the Swede and is travelling to China for coaching the Chinese Super League club Guangzhou RandF on a 18-month contract.
Eriksson's latest Chinese contract will be worth 2 million pounds annually, The Daily Express reports.
The Guangzhou RandF contract will see Eriksson competing with former Italian football manager Marcello Lippi in the southern city's Derby matches as the World cup winner is the manager of reigning league champions Guangzhou Evergrande, the report added.
Eriksson had guided England to two World Cups and a European Championship, but could not progress after the quarter-finals in any of the three tournaments.
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