[Archived] City Want Sven

[Fife Rover]

On next weeks episode: John Gotti, Andrei Lugovoi, Osama Bin Laden and Imelda Marcos express an interest in Manchester City with separate bids, with Wardle keen to sell.

I reckon Osama Bin Laden should get it. The sheer work and slog needed to get Citeh out of the mess they are in should guarantee he won't have time to plot any more mischief

[den]

Next City boss 8th favourite for the sack!

[Billy Castell]

On second thoughts, Bin Laden is more likely to buy Leeds or Luton!

And that is amazing that 'Mr. X' already has odds on being sacked from Citeh.

I expect Vladimir Romanov to sell Heart of Midlothian FC and buy Man City, and install Graeme Souness as manager. Only for him to be sacked within a month, and then succeeded by Glenn Hoddle, Andre Previn, Paolo Di Canio, a Lithuainian, Daffy Duck, another Lithuanian, Ken Hom, Duncan Fletcher, Clive Woodward, a third Lithuanian, Anne Robinson, Paul Dickov, the second Lithuanian again and finally Ricky Hatton. All these appointmens will take place over the course of the next 3 seasons, and all the while Man City will escape relegation somehow. Sounds implausable? well it is Man City!

[den]

Apparently Shinawatra's bid is about to be accepted by City. Now then, according to Alan Brazil [who claims to know this] and also a city fan on talk sport this morning, Mark Hughes WOULD accept the City job.

[bob fleming]

Mark Hughes WOULD accept the City job.

Telegraph 15th June

[thenodrog]

Telegraph 15th June

Did he know the yanks were coming then Bob?

Having said that I'm sure that Hughes will know that he can do much better than work for either club.

[den]

Telegraph 15th June

I know Robert. I'm only telling you what Mr Brazil said. Apparently he was talking to someone who knows the situation.

Must be right.

[thenodrog]

oops

[FINRover]

Apparently Shinawatra's bid is about to be accepted by City.

Sabai dii mai...City supporters?

[bob fleming]

I know Robert. I'm only telling you what Mr Brazil said.

Must be right.

I know, I know. Brazil was probably out on the pop last night or something.

[broadsword]

Alan Brazil is a twonk, isn't he?

[Scotty]

I know Robert. I'm only telling you what Mr Brazil said. Apparently he was talking to someone who knows the situation.

Must be right.

Frankly, I'd be surprised if Mr Brazil knew his arse from his elbow.

[Billy Castell]

It would be a sideways movement at best. We won't have anything to worry about, Someone like Sven will get the gig if Shinawatra takes over. Or Stan Ternant if all his assets are frozen.

[Eddie]

Can't believe they would be stupid enough to let a man who could be charged with corruption buy the club.

[Billy Castell]

Eddie, it is Man City. Would you expect them to have a normal takeover with a wealthy man who doesn't have some crisis going on?

Let's all laugh if he takes over, and the Thai government tighen the scres even further.

[philipl]

Thaksin has met SGE and offered him the job of managing a club he doesn't yet own and hasn't been cleared as fit and proper by the FA to own it.

Of course, SGE has an excellent track record of agreeing to manage Premiership clubs then....

[gumboots]

Yes, we came across that programme with our new manager on it a couple of weeks ago

[RevidgeBlue]

The offer for debt riddled Citeh which apparently their Board have accepted is in the order of 81m.

The perceived value of premiership clubs really has risen in the wake of the new TV money hasn't it?.

In comparison Randy Lerner must be sitting on his 43m investment at relatively debt free Aston Villa rubbing his hands in glee.

[jim mk2]

Eriksson has been offered a three-year contract worth £6m but he has asked for time to consider it. It is well known in football that Eriksson was touting himself round Spain last week, so presumably that is where he would rather go than City.

The City board have a back-up list of two in case Eriksson turns them down - Ramos, the Seville coach, who is thought likely to stay in Spain, and Hughes.

[Guest Kamy100]

Thanks for that Jim.

Hopefully Sven will take the job so that they don't turn their attention to Hughes.

[Ozz]

Eriksson has been offered a three-year contract worth £6m but he has asked for time to consider it.

Money goes to money eh? Isn't he still being paid by the FA? Why do potential employers of SGE seem to always want to give him more than he is worth?

The City board have a back-up list of two in case Eriksson turns them down - Ramos, the Seville coach, who is thought likely to stay in Spain, and Hughes.

I think they may need some more back ups.

[RevidgeBlue]

The offer for debt riddled Citeh which apparently their Board have accepted is in the order of 81m.

Just been on the news that the 81m purchase price is broken down 21m for the club and 60m to cover debts.

[RevidgeBlue]

I think they may need some more back ups.

Sincerely hope so.

I'm starting to get a tad concerned that Hughes' name continues to be linked with Citeh. You'd have thought that his people would politely have told Citeh's people to go away some time ago if he wasn't interested.

And the current situation at Rovers is somewhat uncertain unless matters are at a far more advanced stage than everyone is letting on.

[thenodrog]

What would anyone get for £81m there? The ground is owned by the council isn't it? So maybe (but not certainly) the training ground and a load of poor quality Prem players! The world is going mad.

[philipl]

A get out of jail "free" card?

An unsentimental look at things City and an insight for Rovers fans of what might be to come?

The only way Thaksim's purchase makes sense is if he is convinced he can add a significant new layer of revenue to City over and above current income.

An awful lot of these deals in football must be predicated on wages not going out of control- I wonder if that is why the transfer market is currently relatively stalled?