Bod oud-premier Thailand op Manchester City

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MANCHESTER - [Thaksin Shinawatra](Outlook – free personal email and calendar from Microsoft Shinawatra&scope=web&Form=MSNH1&&HL=keywordInt_/GTAG_), voormalig premier van Thailand, heeft donderdag een overnamebod uitgebracht op de Engelse voetbalclub [Manchester City](Outlook – free personal email and calendar from Microsoft City&scope=web&Form=MSNH1&&HL=keywordInt_/GTAG_).

Zijn investeringsmaatschappij UK [Sports Investments](Outlook – free personal email and calendar from Microsoft Investments&scope=web&Form=MSNH1&&HL=keywordInt_/GTAG_) maakte bekend dat het 81,6 miljoen pond, ongeveer 121 miljoen euro, overheeft voor de club uit de [Premier League](Outlook – free personal email and calendar from Microsoft League&scope=web&Form=MSNH1&&HL=keywordInt_/GTAG_). Een aanzienlijk deel daarvan is bedoeld om de schulden van Manchester te voldoen.

Het bod komt op dezelfde dag dat Shinawatra in Thailand in staat van beschuldiging is gesteld. Justitite verdenkt hem en zijn vrouw van corruptie. Shinawatra werd vorig jaar september afgezet. De autoriteiten hebben beslaggelegd op 1,5 miljard dollar van zijn bezittingen. ,Hij heeft nog genoeg geld over om Manchester te kopen’', aldus zijn advocaat.

Het management van Manchester City is van plan het bod te aanvaarden. ,We geloven dat deze eigenaar de club de financiële kracht geeft om zijn prestaties in zowel de Premier League als in Europese competities te verbeteren’', luidde een verklaring. Manchester eindigde dit seizoen op de veertiende plaats in de Premier League.

De overname kan volgens de [BBC ](Outlook – free personal email and calendar from Microsoft &scope=web&Form=MSNH1&&HL=keywordInt_/GTAG_)pas bekrachtigd worden als de Premier League Shinawatra erkent als eerbaar en fatsoenlijk mens. Daartoe doet het een antecedentenonderzoek. Het corruptieschandaal in Thailand kan dus de overname nog in gevaar brengen.

Onderdeel van de deal is ook het aanstellen van een nieuwe trainer. De Zweed Sven-Goran Eriksson, oud-bondscoach van Engeland, zou de belangrijkste kandidaat zijn.

Bron: MSN Sportnieuws

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Thaksin doet zijn speeltje alweer van de hand…hij heeft zijn geld blijkbaar hard nodig in deze zware tijden:

**Thaksin sells Man City **
(BangkokPost.com, Agencies)

The Premier League confirmed on Monday that ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra is on the verge of selling Manchester City Football Club to an investment group from the United Arab Emirates.

Mr Thaksin will stay on as honorary president of the club without any administrative responsibilities, reports say. Sales negotiations reportedly began three weeks ago. They were completed on Sunday night in the UAE and official papers will be drawn up quickly.

The League finally admitted what had been reported for weeks - that the fugitive former prime minister has been looking to sell Man City because his assets have been frozen and may be seized because of corruption and fraud trials now under way.

The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG) has already completed the purchase deal, according to some reports from Manchester.

“Manchester City Football Club can confirm that there are discussions ongoing with the Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited with regards to investing in the football club,” a statement on City’s website confirmed.

“A further statement will be released by the club when it is appropriate to do so.”
*Meanwhile, in football news, City sold Croatian full-back Vedran Corluka to Tottenham for an undisclosed fee. *

"I am delighted to be here, Corluka told the club website, “because I am coming to a big club with great players, great ambition and also my best friend [Luka Modric] is here so it is a very happy day for me.”
Thaksin took charge at City in July 2007 but his spell as owner looks to be mercurial.

Just last April, he claimed City would be a Champions League club in another year, and the apparent new owners, known as ADUG, are similarly optimistic.

Sulaiman al-Fahim, an ADUG board member who will represent the group on the Manchester City board, was quoted on the web site
[www.arabianbusiness.com as saying: "We will release details later, but this is a great event for both the club and Abu Dhabi.

"Our goal is very simple – to make Manchester City the biggest club in the Premier League, and to begin with, to finish in the top four this season.
“We will adopt marketing plans that reflect positively on the club and the company from investments in all sectors of television marketing and purchasing of the star players, as well as development of infrastructure facilities at the club.”

*Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com *](http://www.arabianbusiness.com as saying:"We will release details later, but this is a great event for both the club and Abu Dhabi. "Our goal is very simple – to make Manchester City the biggest club in the Premier League, and to begin with, to finish in the top four this season. “We will adopt marketing plans that reflect positively on the club and the company from investments in all sectors of television marketing and purchasing of the star players, as well as development of infrastructure facilities at the club.”)

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Volgens mij had hij al veel eerder connecties met City. Zal idd zijn geld wel ergens anders voor moeten gebruiken.