Lawyer and media personality Nancy Dell’Olio was left in tears as she spoke about the death of her former partner Sven-Goran Eriksson.
The 63-year-old appeared on Good Morning Britain via video link to discuss her relationship with Sven, who sadly lost his battle with Pancreatic cancer. Talking to presenters Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins, Nancy also disclosed details of her relationship with the former England football manager, explaining that she was married when she met him.
But as the interview came to a close, Nancy became emotional as she shared the last conversation she had with Sven, days before his death. As she tried to fight back her tears, she told the presenters: “It’s hard pretending that you don’t know he was about to die.”
Nancy Dell’Olio shared her heartbreak on screen (
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Nancy shared details of the coversations she had with Sven (
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Crying, the star also mentioned that she believed he would get better. She said: “I just said he was trying to put in the effort to say that he was fine on the phone because most of the time he was not answering or at treatment. I never thought that he was about to die. I always believed there would be some sort of miracle.”
Sharing more insight into the contact she had with Sven as he was receiving his treatment, she said: “It was hard, but he sounded so relaxed and we were laughing and he would just say ‘I feel okay’.
“It was quite difficult to even be talking but I tried to be fearless and see how he was. I wanted to get together for another dinner.”
Nancy described her ex partner as “a very kind person” who was “generous” as she said: “I find it difficult being here and talking about Sven knowing that he is not with us anymore. Talking about him and all the memories make him still feel alive… When you love someone, you are always going to still love them forever.”
She added: “I am very privileged to spend more than a decade with a person like him.”
The pair’s relationship became headline news (
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Getty Images)Nancy and Sven first met in 1998 when he was manager at Rome club Lazio.
The pair then embarked on a romance three years before he got the job as England manager. Nancy later moved with Sven to London after accepting the position as England’s manager, but it wasn’t long before he embarked on an affair with Swedish television presenter Ulrika Jonsson in 2002.
Opening up about how she remained faithful to Sven through several affairs, she said: “I made an important choice. You never want to regret the decision you made and I knew that it was right… I know from him, as he admitted himself just a few days ago, that he had been very stupid. He told me immediately that meant nothing for him and would not even call them relationships. It was stupid for him to do it for his own self admission.”
