Eriksson to sell home for £3.1m

Eriksson is leaving his job as England manager

England football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has put his central London house up for sale.

He is asking £3.1m for his grade II-listed villa in Park Village East, near Regent's Park.

The property has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two receptions rooms, a 120ft southwest-facing landscaped garden and private parking.

The Swede is stepping down from his role as national coach after the World Cup finals in Germany this summer.

Eriksson, who shares the home with his girlfriend Nancy Dell'Olio, an Italian lawyer, bought it for £2.55m in 2001. He also has homes in Sweden, Portugal and Italy.

It was announced in January that he would be leaving after the World Cup finals in Germany.

This followed disclosures that he had been duped by a Sunday newspaper's bogus sheikh into talking about his future plans, which were reported to include the possibility of managing a Premiership club.