Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has lifted the lid on his explosive fall out with Sir Alex Ferguson in the run up to the 2006 World Cup.
The Manchester United manager was furious with his Three Lions counterpart over the selection of Wayne Rooney for the tournament in Germany.
Rooney was recovering from a broken metatarsal and fiery Scot Ferguson believed he should have been nowhere near the World Cup as he continued his recovery.
The striker ended the tournament without a goal as he struggled for fitness.
But that only came after Ferguson's furious - and ultimately failed - attempts to stop his star man travelling.
Now Eriksson has revealed exactly what was said between the pair.
He told The Times : "With Alex, the amazing thing was it was seven o’clock in the morning or earlier. Always. When he was angry.
"And never “Hello Sven, how are you?” It was “whuurssshhhh” [straight into yelling]. I thought he should kill me.
"He said, “I will kill you. You are finished.” But I represented England and you have to stand up.
"What’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong and when you say 'Don’t pick Rooney because I’m going to kill you' . . . I said, 'F*** off, what’s going on with you?'
"And he was screaming. Whenever he got like that . . . it has no meaning. That’s why I was, 'Alex, I will pick Rooney. Now, have a nice holiday. Ciao, bye'."
