16/11/2025
In 2009, Sven-Göran Eriksson stunned the football world by becoming Director of Football at League Two Notts County. The move was financed by the mysterious Munto Finance consortium, which promised a multi-million-pound war chest and a five-year plan to take the club to the Premier League 🚀
Eriksson, along with shock signings like Sol Campbell, was the face of what many believed was a golden, ambitious new era for the Magpies. However, the dream quickly turned into "football's greatest con." 😬
The consortium was ultimately run by convicted fraudster Russell King, and the entire operation was revealed to be a fraud and money-laundering scam. King also took a Eriksson to North Korea, where the former England boss was allegedly asked to help fix a World Cup draw. The false promises led to a financial crisis, leaving the club drowning in unpaid debts and on the brink of collapse 💥
After just seven months, Eriksson resigned in February 2010. In a heroic act of goodwill, he selflessly waived a multi-million-pound payoff to which he was entitled, preventing the club from going bust and facilitating a takeover by legitimate owners 👏
While the conmen vanished, Eriksson's actions helped stabilize the club, and the team he helped build ultimately won the League Two title that season. A truly extraordinary end to one of football’s most scandalous episodes 😳
