Sven-Goran Eriksson slipped a blank Coutts cheque in my pocket when I wasn't looking, says Ulrika Jonsson: TV star reveals all about her fling with dying football boss By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter Published: 07:56, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 08:21, 16 August 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Sven-Göran Eriksson slipped a blank cheque from Britain's most exclusive bank into Ulrika Jonsson's pocket during an affair 'devoid of passion', his former lover revealed today. The television presenter and model, now 56, has kept the Coutts cheque as a memento of their short relationship, joking: 'It might have been nice to fill it out at some point for all the hassle he brought me'. Speaking today after a new documentary on his life emerged, Ulrika said of their 16-week dalliance: 'This was no great passionate affair.
It was devoid of passion. He had all this power and money, yet he was the weakest man I have ever met'. 'I don’t think he had a romantic bone in his body', she added, revealing that when not having sex they only really talked about football.
They had met at a party held by Tony Blair 's spin doctor Alastair Campbell in 2002 when he former weather girl, then 34, asked for his autograph. Sven, then 54, replied in Swedish and asked for her phone number. Ulrika Jonsson, left in 1997 and right this year, has spoken out after Sven Goran Eriksson discussed their four-month affair on a new documentary - and has some choice words for him and his ex Nancy Eriksson returned to his.