The movement to oust the debt laden Glazer regime is gathering pace with news that city banker and United fan, Keith Harris, has been talking to the Manchester United Supporters Trust about forming alliances with fan groups and a wealthy group of investors known as the 'Red Knights'. The chairman of Seymour Pierce brokered the Thaksin Shinawatra takeover of Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

Numerous reports have one-time wunderkind Robinho fleeing Manchester City for Santos, the legendary Sao Paolo club where his career began. The loan deal could see Santos youngsters Paulo Henrique Ganso or Neymar don sky blue. Manager Roberto Mancini has stated that, while concerned about a lack of depth at forward, he would not stand in Robinho's way.

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Hardly surprising news:

Manchester City football club has reported an annual loss of £92.6m ($148m) for the 2008/09 financial year.

The figures reflect the large sums of money spent on top-class players by Sheikh Mansour since he bought the Eastlands club in September 2008.

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Manchester City have announced the sacking of Mark Hughes as manager. The decision was reportedly taken by the club's chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak after a disappointing recent run for City that forced the club's owners to rethink their long term plans. City have also appointed Roberto Mancini, lastly seen at Internazionale, as the club's new manager. Click to continue reading...

With a majority of the first-team squad either in the treatment room or away on international duty this week I thought I'd blog again on ownership. I know many Gooners don't give a stuff who owns the club as long as we're successful. I for one beg to differ. Leadership and thus success comes from the top.

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"The reality wasn't exactly what was described and sold to me," he said. "In fairness, we were able to go into the transfer market, but there seemed a focus that players had to be sold, and I realised that maybe the resources weren't in place that I thought."
"If you are single-minded, you have to work purposefully," he reflected, "and if you get to a point where it is untenable and not manageable, then you make the decision to walk away.

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The bookmakers were dreading the match at Portsmouth yesterday.
Before the start of the season, BSkyB saw this as the ideal Abu Dhabi derby, with Manchester City, who dumped honorary life president Thaksin Shinawatra after the fraud and corruption and mass murder and things, visiting Pompey ################ ###############################################################################
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The way the BSkyB narrative was concocted, this was a Portsmouth on the up, bolstered by new signings and financial security against the richest team in the world - a perfect representation of all that Our Great Leader is told is good about the English Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce is, for a certain profile of Premier League football club, the pragmatist's choice as manager. If you strip away the rampant ego and the tendency to strap a Bluetooth headset to the side of his head, Allardyce has a job that he can do. It just happens that the job is to finish somewhere between twelfth and fourteenth in the Premier League, though.

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"What, me, Richard Scudamore, hanging around ################################### at three in the morning, with my reputation. What were they thinking of? Has no one thought of the consequences?"
Yes, Our Great Leader is planning another Great Leap Forward in Beijing, where the eagerly awaited betting event known as the Premier League Asia Trophy begins tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

With Thai striker Teerathep Winothai returning from his spell with Belgian side to play for Muang Thong United in the second half of the Thai Premier League the question remains. Who will be the first south east Asian player to successfully make a career in Europe.
Fandi Ahmad (Singaporean) - was offered a chance with Ajax but was persuaded to move somewhere closer to home, NIAC Mitra in Surabaya, by his family. Click to continue reading...

Stereotypes are often harsh, but always fun. Especially in sport. And Sven-Göran Eriksson has experienced more than most the effects of such stereotypic nonsense.

Whether it was as a cheque book manager, an untrustworthy one, a clever one, or a deviant one, Eriksson has always had his niche in the media.

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Ah, isn't buying a football club the easiest thing in the world. Look how quickly Abramovich bought Chelsea, the Glazers bought Manchester United and the Abu Dhabi group picked up City. Compared to the protracted nature of the proposed takeover of Portsmouth, even buying Newcastle United may be easier.

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When Mark Hughes agreed to replace Sven Goran Eriksson last summer, no doubt he knew things would be interesting at Manchester City, it very rarely isn't in the sky blue half of Manchester, but I doubt he'd have expected anything like the events that ultimately played out. What with the takeover and the crazy final day of the summer transfer window, with City making 10 bids of over £15 million for players, it was probably the maddest 24 hours the City faithful could remember in years.

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Champions Melbourne Victory have signed Thai international Surat Sukha from Chonburi. The 26 year old defender has played 14 times for the Thai national side and is the first Thai to have a go in the A League.
Given the Manchester City fever that swept Thailand for a few weeks after Thaksin Shinawatra bought them one wonders, doesn't one, whether either the Thais or Victory, daft name by the way, will seek to cash in on his presence downunder? Click to continue reading...

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