Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has tipped an African nation to win the World Cup in the near future.

Africa’s best performance at the global showpiece has been to reach the quarterfinals, accomplished by Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010.

“Sooner or later, an African team will win the World Cup.

“But so far, they haven't done it. There is so many good people in Africa. And a huge talent among the football players,” Eriksson told Goal in an exclusive interview.

The Swedish coach however, blamed African nations for not sticking with one coach for a long period saying the problem was affecting the result on the pitch.

“I think, that it's sort of a dream, for many coaches to have a long contract with African countries. The problem in Africa, they do the qualifiers with some coaches, and when the World Cup comes, they change to have bigger names.

“And then, they recruit a coach for two, three months and when the World Cup finish, they send him back. It's an African particularity to have that kind of commitment.”

Africa currently has five countries – Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt - fighting for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

By Daraja Mutari