Sven Goran Eriksson has thrown his hat into the ring to be the next manager of the Scotland national team, 13 years after leaving the job as England manager.

England’s Golden Generation will forever be seen as a massive underachievement and failure as a squad filled with some of the best players in the world couldn’t get past the quarter finals of any Euros or World Cup.

At the helm was Sven Goran Eriksson. Famously Gareth Southgate said of the Swede that, at half time in the 2002 World Cup loss to Brazil, they ‘needed Churchill but we got Iain Duncan-Smith,’ due to the manager’s inability to inspire the team.

Eriksson was in charge of the Three Lions from 2001-2006 and eventually left the job after the fake Sheikh controversy.

Now the former Manchester City manager could be returning to the British Isles as he eyes up the vacancy as manager of the Scotland national team.

The role has been up for grabs since Alex McLeish was sacked earlier this month, following the team’s 3-0 loss to Kazakhstan and, according to the Daily Record, Sven wants the job and has been put forward to the SFA board by chief executive Ian Maxwell.

The 71 year old has now been added to the shortlist along with Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes, Sunderland’s Jack Ross, Steve Clarke of Kilmarnock and Scotland Under-21 manager Scot Gemmill.

Erikson was the first foreign manager of the England team and his experience in national management stretches far further than just these shores.

Since 2006 he’s also managed Mexico, Ivory Coast and the Philippines, to go along with his vast experience as a club manager both pre and post the England job.

His last job was as manager of Philippines and he managed their first ever Asian Cup campaign earlier this year but left after the tournament, though he stayed on as a consultant.

There’s no doubt he’d have to take a pay cut from the SFA but according to the Scottish paper there’s a £13 million windfall for the football association up for grabs should they qualify for the 2020 Euros, which could be used as an incentive bonus for the Swede.

Who wouldn’t want a bit of Golden Generation nostalgia in seeing Sven back at a national team in the UK? Probably not Scotland fans in fairness.