Thaksin wants City to land Thai stars
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
MANCHESTER (England), Jul 24 (AFP): Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra expects Sven Goran Eriksson to sign at least two Thailand stars as he continues rebuilding the Premiership team.
Former Thai prime minster Shinawatra took total control of City on Monday after purchasing 75 per cent of the club's shares and immediately looked towards home for an influx of new talent.
Eriksson has a lengthy shopping list including Olympiakos's Mexico striker Nery Castillo and Juventus defender Georgio Chiellini, but there will be some arrivals from Thailand as well according to Shinawatra.
"The next step is to recruit or to buy new players from several national teams such as Italy, Sweden, Brazil and Thailand," he said. "We expect to select at least two Thai players from our national team to join Manchester City."
Former Thai prime minster Shinawatra took total control of City on Monday after purchasing 75 per cent of the club's shares and immediately looked towards home for an influx of new talent.
Eriksson has a lengthy shopping list including Olympiakos's Mexico striker Nery Castillo and Juventus defender Georgio Chiellini, but there will be some arrivals from Thailand as well according to Shinawatra.
"The next step is to recruit or to buy new players from several national teams such as Italy, Sweden, Brazil and Thailand," he said. "We expect to select at least two Thai players from our national team to join Manchester City."