Bangkoktraveler Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Toppled Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who earlier made an unsuccessful bid for Liverpool, is planning to buy another English soccer club, according to a Web site close to Thaksin seen Monday. The site, www.hi-thaksin.net, said that the former prime minister was ready to pay more than 6 billion baht (US$185 million; euro136 million) for the Manchester City Football Club with partners from China and the Middle East. Nopadol Pattama, Thaksin's lawyer and de facto spokesman in Thailand, said he had read about the bid on the Web site but had not yet had time to ask Thaksin about it. Thaksin, one of the country's richest people, was toppled in a bloodless military coup last September following months of mass street protests accusing him of massive corruption and abuse of power. He has since been spending time at his home in London and traveling in Europe and Asia. In 2004, the then-prime minister made an unsuccessful attempt to buy Liverpool and had also reportedly expressed interest in acquiring other English soccer clubs. The Web site said that Mohammed al-Fayed, the Egyptian billionaire owner of London's Harrods department store and the Fulham Football Club, was involved in the negotiations on behalf of Thaksin. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckrisg Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 If this happens it might be good news for MCFC, chance for them to compete with the shite up the road........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 No need for language like that, SCUM would suffice :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckrisg Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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