12 January 2024 , 01:00
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Ulrika Jonsson has insisted she "doesn't have anything to say" about Sven-Goran Eriksson after the former England manager revealed he had terminal cancer.
Jonsson and Eriksson had an affair in 2002 during his time with England and she has now responded to the news of his cancer diagnosis on Instagram. In a post on her story, Jonsson shared a throwback picture of herself and wrote: "Look at me being all young all that. So. PSA. I don't have anything to say about Sven. #nada. Not a decent person".
In an interview with Swedish radio station P1, Eriksson said he has "at best a year" left to live, having received the diagnosis "almost one year ago" after collapsing while out on a run. "Everyone understands that I have an illness that is not good," he said.
"Everyone guesses it's cancer and it is. But I have to fight as long as I can. Maybe at best a year, at worst a little less, or at best maybe even longer. You can't be absolutely sure. It is better not to think about it.
"It is not good. Everyone guessed it's cancer and it is. But I have to fight as long as I can. But you can trick your brain. See the positive in things, don't wallow in adversity, because this is the biggest adversity of course, but make something good out of it. They don't know how long I had cancer, maybe a month or a year."
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Eriksson, who also managed Benfica, Roma, Lazio, Manchester City and Leicester, stepped down from his role as sporting director of Swedish club Karlstad 11 months ago due to health problems.
"I live a totally normal life," he added to the BBC. "I'm not in hospital, I go now and then for a visit but I live at home and I have friends here. Christmas and New Year, the whole family were here - a lot of people.
Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer (Getty Images)"I'm going out to try and exercise as much as possible, which is less than it was one year ago, but I have a normal life. When you get a message like that, you appreciate every day and you are happy when you wake up in the morning and you feel OK, so that's what I'm doing.
"I thought I was fully healthy but suddenly I had a small stroke so I fell and my children took me to the hospital. After one day of examination they told me I had five small strokes, but said 'no problem, you will recover 100% from that', but worse is they said I have cancer which they can't operate on.
"They said they will give me treatment and medicine to try and live as long as possible. I have that diagnosis and they can't operate, unfortunately."