This photo taken in Shanghai on April 18, 2015, shows Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson (right) attending a training session of his team Shanghai SIPG of the Chinese Super League. (AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE)

SHENZHEN - Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been sacked as Shenzhen Kaisa manager following the Chinese second division league club's disappointing eight-game drought.
Shenzhen Kaisa has not made any announcement on Eriksson's departure, but the club already named domestic coach Wang Baoshan as its new coach on Wednesday morning.
"The club decided to sack Eriksson last night, after a meeting of the club executives," a source close to the club told Xinhua.
The 69-year old Swede, who replaced former Dutch international Clarence Seedorf last December, started the new season with a five straight win to lead the league. But his team were immune to victory in the previous eight games, dropping from top to fourth place in the table.
Deep-pocketed Shenzhen Kaisa were aiming to book a place in next year's Super league. The second division club spent more than 40 million U.S. dollars in the winter to bring Colombia international Harold Preciado, Nigerian striker Chinedu Obasi and some domestic talents on board, hoping to follow Guangzhou Evergrande and Tianjin Quanjian's successes.
Eriksson coached England from 2001-2006 and went on to lead Manchester City and Leicester City. He guided Chinese Super league sides Guangzhou R&F and Shanghai SIPG, and in the past three seasons, he managed to lead the two teams into the AFC Champions league.