David Beckham showed true colours with gesture to Sven-Goran Eriksson after legendary England manager’s cancer diagnosis

DAVID BECKHAM made a last sojourn to Sven-Goran Eriksson successful Sweden earlier the erstwhile England manager passed away.

The iconic manager died astatine the property of 76 backmost successful August aft a agelong conflict with pancreatic cancer.

A big of celebrated faces from the satellite of shot paid tribute to the iconic manager pursuing his passing.

And an Amazon Prime documentary was released successful honour of his beingness arsenic Eriksson addressed the camera with 1 last address.

Beckham featured successful the doc having travelled to Eriksson's location to sojourn his aged planetary boss.

Beckham brought his backstage cook with him connected the travel and got him to navigator immoderate Swedish favourites including herring and elk.

As reported by The Mail, Eriksson's memoir spoke astir Beckham and his sojourn to Sweden.

It read: "We had an highly bully narration during my clip with England, and Beckham is Beckham. He’s an incredibly good person. Since I near that job, we’ve met present and again, and we speech regularly.

"When I made my diagnosis nationalist earlier this year, helium called a fewer days aboriginal and said: ‘I’d similar to travel and sojourn you, if I may.’ Of people helium could. He arrived successful his backstage pitchy astatine Karlstad Airport, astir an hour’s thrust from my home.

"He brought with him his ain cook – successful information helium sent the cook 1 time ahead. The repast was herring and potatoes and elk meat, pursuing my wishes.

"We had 1 aquavit, a Scandinavian spirit, each. It was a highly relaxing infinitesimal and I genuinely appreciated his visit.

"Of people we talked astir football, but we besides covered overmuch much during David’s three-hour visit. What we said shall stay wrong us, and lone us, arsenic ever betwixt trainer and player."

Beckham made the travel backmost to Sweden for Eriksson's ceremonial and looked affectional arsenic helium paid his respects to a long-time friend.

He past shared 1 last heart-warming station astir Eriksson connected Instagram.

He said: "We laughed, we cried and we knew we were saying goodbye. Sven convey you for ever being the idiosyncratic you person ever been, passionate, caring, calm and a existent gentleman.

"I volition beryllium everlastingly grateful for you making maine your skipper but I volition everlastingly clasp these past memories of this time with you and your family. Thank you Sven and successful your past words to maine ,'It volition beryllium ok'."