Sven slams Mexican football federation

Former Mexico manager Sven Goran Eriksson said today that he learned little from his time in Mexico and is happy to be guiding the Ivory Coast in the World Cup.

"I don't think I learned much from Mexico, it's a political minefield," the former Manchester City and Lazio boss told the press in Switzerland. "What I did learn is that it is very important not to have a job that is too political."

Eriksson suffered at the hands of the Mexican press after a brief honeymoon period, but poor results in Jamaica and Honduras meant the Aztec team almost didn't qualify for World Cup and the Swede was swiftly fired and replaced by former Atletico Madrid boss Javier Aguirre.

Eriksson's latest statement reveals that he believes he wasn't given a fair chance.

"In Mexican football, the board of directors at the federation is made up of the owners of the (18) clubs in the Premier Division and that made things difficult as I had half the owners against me to start with," explained Eriksson. "Like everyone knows, they always wanted Aguirre."

And as a final little twisting of the knife, Eriksson revealed he is very content to be in South Africa with the Ivory Coast squad and to draw a line under his time as Mexico boss.

Added the Swede: "Maybe it was for the best. Now I'm sat here, on my way to the World Cup with a very good team, maybe better than Mexico."