Sven flies in with a smile
Sven-Goran Eriksson kept his cool - and even managed a smile - as he made his way through a media scrum at Heathrow Airport en route to Soho Square.
The Swede had been watching Arsenal in the Amsterdam Tournament over the weekend while chief executive Mark Palios resigned over the PR shambles which ensued following revelations that the pair had both had affairs with FA secretary Faria Alam.
He was greeted at Terminal Four by a massed throng of journalists and photographers but made his way through the crowd flanked by FA communications
officer Adrian Bevington, who had been in Amsterdam with Eriksson.
The Swede climbed into a silver Mercedes to make his way to Soho Square, where a meeting of FA top brass has been convened to discuss the way forward following the debacle of the past fortnight which has already claimed Palios and could yet account for FA communications director Colin Gibson, who offered his resignation tonight.
Eriksson's position appeared to be strengthened by some positive comments by acting chief executive David Davies this morning, who described the former Lazio man as "one of the outstanding coaches in the world".
Sir Trevor Brooking, director of football development at the FA, arrived at around 9am and he was followed an hour later by chairman Geoff Thompson, who made his way inside through a throng of media representatives without commenting.
