There are big names and there are big names. Sven-Goran Eriksson is the latter.
Keen to shed their image as a footballing outpost, where basketball, boxing and even cockfighting rouse more fan interest, the Philippines made arguably the biggest coaching appointment in South-east Asia by naming Sven-Goran Eriksson as their head coach.
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