Sven and Kim Jong-il: Dream On

Rumors that a certain former England coach was on the verge of taking the helm of North Korea’s football team, which qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 44 years, sent FootyFactor headquarters into a tizzy yesterday.

In the history of odd couples, we cannot think of a more far-fetched but perfectly harmonious pair than North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il and Swedish hard man Sven Goran Eriksson. Just imagine how famously the two of them would get along. (It looks like they already go to the same hairdressers.)

But alas, our dreams were dashed yesterday when Sven and his handlers denied that he was on his way to Pyongyang. So now we are left to comfort ourselves with thoughts of what might have been…