BANGKOK – English Premiership club Manchester City, owned by ousted Thai
prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, plan to sign three Thai players,
according to Vittaya Khunpleum, chairman of Thai side Chonburi FC.

City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who took the helm after Thaksin bought
the club in July, is due to arrive in Thailand on Friday to make the
signings, Vittaya said.

Two of the players – Suree Sukha (picture) and Kietprawut Sai-aeo – come
from his club, while the other player is Theerasil Daengda from Bangkok’s
Muangthong-Nongchok United FC.

Vittaya hailed it as a chance to showcase Asian and Thai football.

Thaksin bought City for US$162.6 million ($235 million) and his team are
currently third in the Premiership. – AFP