England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has ended speculation over a possible move to premier league side Chelsea by agreeing to a two-year extension on his contract with the Football Association (FA).
The 56-year-old Eriksson, who had been contracted by the FA until the 2006 World Cup, will remain in charge until 2008, the FA said at a news conference on Sunday.
Eriksson, whose team face Sweden in a friendly on Wednesday, had been closely linked with Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri's job since the club was taken over last July by Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich.
A tabloid newspaper ran a front-page picture of the Swede leaving the London flat of Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon, prompting FA officials to hold emergency talks with Eriksson later that day.