Eriksson set to turn to Backe

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Backe, 55, was pictured alongside Eriksson at the club's Carrington training complex on Monday and the images were relayed throughout Sweden.

Backe, 57, comes with a wealth of experience and has been working as a pundit for Swedish commercial station TV4 after leaving Greek club Panathinaikos.

Eriksson turned to Backe after Roland Andersson decided to stay in his role as Sweden's assistant manager.

City are short on quality after the departures in the summer of influential pair Sylvain Distin and Joey Barton, however, Eriksson has been promised a transfer kitty of around £50million by prospective new owner Thaksin Shinawatra.

Meanwhile, Thaksin has been ordered to appear in court in Thailand next month to face corruption charges.

Supreme Court judges have called on the former Thai prime minister to be present at the start of his trial on August 14 to face charges concerning "misconduct of a government official and violation of a ban on state officials being party to transactions involving public interests".

Thaksin and his wife deny the allegations, relating to a land deal transacted while he was in power, which could carry a 10-year jail sentence.