SVEN Goran Eriksson today tried to cool speculation surrounding his future, saying he might have been misunderstood in a recent television interview.

After overseeing training at Sampdoria's training ground in Genoa, he was asked by reporters to comment on a statement he made which cast doubt about his arrival in Blackburn. "I was simply asked to say hello to my Blackburn fans and I answered, 'We'll see'," he said.

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