Sweden's Football Federation have warned coach Lars Lagerback that he could yet lose his job this summer, despite being under contract until 2008.

Lagerback has been in charge of the national team since 2000, initially alongside Tommy Soderberg, and has guided Sweden to two successive European Championship and World Cup finals.

Despite that fact, Swedish Football Federation president Lars-Ake Lagrell told Expressen newspaper: "After a World Cup, two out of three teams change their managers because expectations are too unrealistic.

"We think Lagerback will also coach us after the World Cup, but at the same time we know that the fans and media can give us a situation which would mean we would have to reconsider."

Lagrell pointed out that Olle Nordin had been axed after the 1990 World Cup despite being handed a new contract just before the finals in Italy.

"We had an agreement with Nordin in February that he would stay after the World Cup, but the results meant that there was no chance that he could stay," Lagrell added.