Thaksin eyes Man City club
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to buy an English Premiership football club, according to a local newspaper report.
The exiled Thaksin is reportedly ready to pay more than Bt6 billion for a stake in Manchester City.The purchase is by Thaksin and partners in China and the Middle East, the report said. Thaksin is on holiday and meeting with friends in the Middle East. This week he will return to China for meetings where the club purchase could be discussed, it added. Thaksin's legal counsel Noppadon Pattama told The Nation he would discuss the report with his client when he returned to London. He would neither confirm nor deny the report but said investment in England by Thaksin was possible. "As soon as [Thaksin] finishes his vacation, I will ask him about it and hold a news conference," Noppadon said. Thaksin has previously been linked with Wolverhampton Wanderers - an English Football League Championship side. During his time as prime minister, he floated the idea of buying into Liverpool and Fulham.
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