Sven may well be on his way out of Eastlands thanks to Thaksin Shinawatra’s ludicrous demands - but that hasn’t stopped Portuguese giants Benfica having a sniff around the Swedish Svengali. The Telegraph reckons that although Benfica did initially have a wild and crazy pipe-dream about whisking Sven away to the Iberian peninsula, they got scared off by the wopping wad of cash he rakes in at Man City. Apparently

“the Swede, who is likely to be forced out of Eastlands by Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra, is understood to earn £50,000 a week - too much for the Portuguese club to stomach.” (Daily Telegraph)

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