Sven Goran Eriksson will be swimming in compo cash should he be given the push by Manchester City chairman Thaksin Shinawatra.

The Times says it is less than two years since England's lacklustre World Cup campaign in Germany resulted in the Swede leaving his international post and pocketing £4 million. And with the £2.5 million that Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to hand him to hitch a ride out of Manchester, Eriksson is earning a reputation as the master of the redundancy payout.