The former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was speaking on the ‘Sacked in the Morning’ podcast recently and revealed who The Queen’s favourite England player was when he was managing the England set up.

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Quotes via CaughtOffside

“I was invited to lunch with The Queen with about another 10 people,” 

“At a certain point, I asked her if she liked football. She said ‘not really’.

“I asked her for her favourite player or team. I thought she would’ve said Beckham. ‘Michael Owen is my favourite player,’ she said. I asked why and she said: ‘He looks so clean’.

“That was the answer I got and we didn’t go on with that discussion.”