WITH a legendary career as a football manager and famously colourful love life behind him, Sven Goran Eriksson was looking forward to a long and settled retirement. But England 's first foreign coach was left reeling when he was been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer - after waking up and feeling dizzy. 19 In a new documentary, Sven gave football players, coaches and fans one final goodbye Credit: PA 19 Throughout his illustrious career, he has won the admiration of his peers and football critics Credit: Getty 19 In the film, he talks about how he had a good life and where his final resting place could be Credit: Amazon Prime 19 He made history when he became England's first-ever foreign manager Credit: PA:Press Association As he was rushed to intensive care, his daughter Lina called her brother Johan to tell him: "Dad is in the emergency room.
And he's not in a good way." The family went into "panic mode" when they discovered that Sven had suffered five strokes. His situation was so dire that it left doctors in tears when delivering the news.
In January, he stunned the world by revealing that he had "about a year to live ". And in a new heart-wrenching Amazon Prime documentary, set to premiere today, Sven opens up about his incredible life and career and coming to terms with having months to live . READ MORE FEATURES BRAVE BATTLE I lost three limbs and needed 10 ops on face after stepping on landmine at 18 FAMILY AGONY My dad accidentally killed Mum in most horrific .