Sven linked with Benfica return

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The Swede is expected to be sacked as Manchester City manager at the end of the season with owner Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly unhappy at the team's recent form.

A delegation from Benfica including president Luis Felipe Vieira and captain Rui Costa, the club's future sporting director, were filmed by Portuguese broadcaster SIC in a hotel in Manchester where the former England boss had also reportedly been staying.

The club refused to confirm anybody from Benfica had met with Eriksson or offered him a contract with spokesman Ricardo Maia saying: "We will not comment on any suggestions of a future Benfica coach now.

"Whether someone is or is not in Manchester to try to persuade Eriksson, we have nothing to say about it."

Meanwhile, Luiz Felipe Scolari's spokesman has denied the Portugal coach has received an offer from City to replace Eriksson.

Acaz Fellegger was reported to have said the Brazilian coach may meet with City bosses before Euro 2008.

However, on Wednesday he told Portuguese newspaper Record that Scolari has at no point been in contact with City and will not make any decision on his future until after the tournament in Austria and Switzerland.

"Nobody has contacted Luiz Felipe Scolari," Fellegger said. "Just as has happened in the last two major international tournaments (Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup), Scolari alone will decide his future after Euro 2008.

"Any club who has any interest in Scolari is completely free to contact the coach. But the truth is there has been no approach and Scolari has repeatedly stated his future will only be decided after the Euro tournament."