 |  To seek a hidden agenda four months later to avoid paying compensation doesn't show them in a good light |
Players' union chief Gordon Taylor has claimed there is a campaign within the Football Association to remove coach Sven-Goran Eriksson from power. Mark Palios has quit the FA amid allegations about his affair with Faria Alam and Eriksson faces an inquiry about his involvement with the woman.
"There has been for some time a non-stop campaign against him.
"There were people in the FA not happy about his contract and the money he was given," Taylor told BBC Five Live.
Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, says the England squad want Sven Goran Eriksson to continue as coach.
"Players want the chance to do well in the next World Cup with him - if he survives."
But Taylor said there would be no repeat of the strike threat over Rio Ferdinand's drug test suspension, saying: "They never threatened that. They didn't in the past and they won't now."
Taylor claimed England's players fear being branded by the whole episode.
He said: "Players are being dragged into it, saying they're getting the blame because they threatened to go on strike before the game against Turkey.
"This bring to head a lot of issues. We have had problems with the drug testing programme with Rio Ferdinand, the disciplinary system and the selection criteria for England."
"There are so many divisions it's difficult to hold all the strings together of a committee made up of the amateur game, the professional game and the Premiership.
"It's difficult for one person to take responsibility and accountability but that's all you can do.
"It's the chief executive's job to take responsibility but when statements were being issued that the chief executive says he didn't know anything about, then clearly there's something wrong with the organisation."
Taylor also blasted the FA for their treatment of Eriksson.
"When Chelsea wanted Sven, they gave him a new four-year contract.
"To seek a hidden agenda four months later to avoid paying compensation doesn't show them in a good light."
"There have been hidden agendas, and insinuations that people are now having second thoughts over Eriksson."
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