THE SUN: England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has agreed to go quietly after the World Cup. FA bigwigs last night thrashed out a compensation deal for the Swede, believed to be around £3million.

DAILY MIRROR: Sven-Goran Eriksson last night agreed a £3million pay-off to quit as England boss after the World Cup. And the FA will let him talk to potential employers in the build-up to the tournament in Germany.

DAILY STAR: Sven-Goran Eriksson will wave goodbye to English football after the World Cup with a £2.5million pay-off in his back pocket.

The FA told the Swede to go yesterday - and then spent the rest of the day thrashing out an agreeable exit package to make sure Eriksson stays focused on the Germany finals.

DAILY EXPRESS: Sven-Goran Eriksson and the FA reached an historic decision yesterday to effectively terminate the England coach's contract five months ahead of the World Cup.

Eriksson will work out a "notice period" that will take him to the end of the World Cup finals in Germany - just as the Daily Express revealed yesterday.

DAILY MAIL: A Premier League uprising has forced Sven-Goran Eriksson out of his job as England coach.

The strength of feeling against the Swede left the Football Association with no choice but to tell him yesterday that he would be leaving after the World Cup.

THE TIMES: Sven-Goran Eriksson will leave his position as England head coach after the World Cup finals with a pay-off of around £5million.

While the Swede briefly took refuge from the storm caused by his indiscretions to undercover reporters, his advisers thrashed out the financial settlement last night that will give him a lucrative farewell, even if his team do not come close to lifting the trophy this summer.

THE INDEPENDENT: The Football Association last night came to an agreement with Sven-Goran Eriksson on a compensation figure understood to be about £6million that will see the Swede step down as England coach after the World Cup finals this summer.

The "fake sheikh" sting by the News of the World that disclosed Eriksson's discussion of corruption in the Premiership on Sunday precipitated talks yesterday between the England manager, the FA chief executive Brian Barwick and the Swede's agent Athole Still which reached a conclusion late last night.

THE GUARDIAN: The Football Association concluded a day of hard bargaining with Sven-Goran Eriksson and his representatives by announcing last night that it had formulated an exit strategy for the Swede to leave his position as England manager after the World Cup.

Eriksson will benefit from a golden handshake which could be as much as £5million but, with two years still to run on his contract, the financial rewards cannot disguise the fact that he has effectively been dismissed with five-and-a-half months' notice.

Also: Sven-Goran Eriksson's impending departure as England coach will not affect England's chances of success at the World Cup, according to one of the most experienced coaches in the English game.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Sven-Goran Eriksson last night agreed to stand down as England coach after the World Cup finals, leaving the way clear for the Football Association to search for a successor.

Guus Hiddink, the highly-respected coach of PSV Eindhoven and Australia, was a slight favourite.