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Sven Goran Eriksson says no to dictator shocker! Cynical Sid on the Swede's latest move...

Is there any job in football Sven Goran Eriksson wouldn't consider  taking if the money was right? News has just come through that he has decided against holding talks about a possible managerial position for the North Korean national team.

This is the same North Korea that are probably building a nuclear bomb big enough to blow away the rest of the world and leave them floating alone, like some sort of massive Ibiza. But without the techno and flat lager.

Sven has only just pitched up in Nottingham, he chased the cash there like a Swedish Robin Hood, although probably ignoring the 'give to the poor' part of the gig.

And it wasn't long before that he had managed Mexico, officially one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The murder rate in Mexico City makes Compton look like Tunbridge Wells. Apparently he found it hard to settle there.

No shit Sven!  Hanging about in your flat all day playing darts with Tord Grip because you are scared to go out in case you get kidnapped. Sounds peachy.

When Thaksin Shinawatra turned up in Manchester waving wads of cash, that whole pesky business of human rights abuse allegations and extradition were quickly forgotten; filed away neatly under 'who gives a shit if he maybe killed his own people, we might be able to buy better players than Bolton now' in Man City's cabinet.

And the man to lead this new football and morality project? Good old Sven stepped into the breach, with one hand on his wallet and the other raising a middle digit to Amnesty International.

So it should have probably come as no surprise that the Scandinavian thought about taking the job with the North Korea national team. A country acknowledged by many distinguished scholars as one on the most absolutely mental places on the planet. Controlled by Kim Jong il who is a genuine bampot. A man who looks like the evil-midget brother of Dennis Taylor and dresses in a Che Guvara suit his mum made him.

But it seems that Swen has decided against up taking up residence in North Korea, apparently he is not interested in the position and has cancelled the proposed negotiations.

He said: "I have no plans to be manager, or whatever it is, for North Korea." Apparently the Koreans wanted his 'technical advice'. Exactly what advice the Koreans were hoping to get -  the benefits of 4-4-2, nuclear armament, controlling the masses through fear and violence? - is unclear at this time.

Since Saddam left the building, Kim Jong il has been making a bit of a play for the the title of 'the most deranged man on earth' but not everyone on the world stage has been convinced by his credentials.  Osama Bin Laden, Robert Mugabi and Mahmoud Ahmadinajed have got a bit of game. But Kim Jong Il will surely have forced himself into contention for top 'mad dog' now. He must be a dangerous man indeed if even Sven Goran Eriksson turns a job offer down.