Man City in huge trouble

[Teofilo-Stevenson]

if he was to become an international fugitive im pretty sure the PL would of had a heads up and we would of heard something about it before hand. what seems more likely is yes he is going to be wanted by the Thais but will claim its an unfair trial the UK government will give him political asylum and things will go on as is i.e no consequences as the premier league would lose too much face.

The news he has skipped bail along with his wife (who was sentenced to three years lastmonth) is all over the feeds.

His trial for fraud will now go ahead in his absence - his assets will be frozen. Man City's could be forced into administration unless Shinawatra can find a buyer before his assets are frozen. His desire to push through deals for Corluka and Ireland might be an attempt to liquidate as much fast cash from his biggest asset before the courts catch up with him. Hughes woulldn't want his team pawned off in a firesale to bump up Shinawatra's ill-gotten retirement fund!

There might well be legs to this story.

 

[LSUY]

if he was to become an international fugitive im pretty sure the PL would of had a heads up and we would of heard something about it before hand. what seems more likely is yes he is going to be wanted by the Thais but will claim its an unfair trial the UK government will give him political asylum and things will go on as is i.e no consequences as the premier league would lose too much face.

I will be very surprised if that happens. The UK has an extradition treaty with Thailand and there is no basis for a claim of an unfair trial because the military government held free and fair elections. I can't see our Government causing an international incident over the owner of Man City.

 

[Rumbaldo]

I will be very surprised if that happens. The UK has an extradition treaty with Thailand and there is no basis for a claim of an unfair trial because the military government held free and fair elections. I can't see our Government causing an international incident over the owner of Man City.

lol why did the dickhead come here then!! poor planning

 

[jimmy-jojo]

hahahaha................hahahahahaha

you've got to be kidding me, even if this is half true its got nothing to do with corluka.

corluka rejected us, deal with itand move on

Keep up, son...Corluka did not reject us, City vetoed the deal. Issuing a statement saying personal terms were agreed and medical has been passed and that he wants to play for us doesn't sound like rejection to me.

 

[llamafarmer]

I always found it difficult to see how he could pass this "fit and proper" test the PL bang on about - I'm pretty sure the test is as follows:

- "Hello foreign business person of questionable character. How much money do you have?
- "Bloody loads innit! Here's a fifty pound note for you."
- "Welcome to the Premier League"

 

[ethanedwards]

Thais have just issued arrest warrant for FRANK AND HIS WIFE

 

[Class1987]

It's true that Thaksin and his wife are seeking asylum in UK. Just a few hours ago he passed on his message to the Thai media stating unfair trials and treatment on his family members. Thai politics is much more complicated than what you guys may have thought. The Thai government won't be after his head, I'm sure, so there won't be any international conflicts between the two countries if the Uk government won't send him back.

What the heck! Let's we get Corluka in asap. :hump:

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Well, with the warrant issued it's just a matter of time now before the club has to go into the hands of the administrators - i'm not exactly clued up on all of this but the club is an asset and should cease trading immediately, right?

I hate this crap - this is what comes of the FA doing exactly what they always do, sweet FA. They lined their pockets, seeing only millions more notes coming into the league, without once thinking about the risks.

The FA should just admit they have no control over the game anymore and either dissolve or all resign and have a new board voted on.

 

[LSUY]

The FA should just admit they have no control over the game anymore and either dissolve or all resign and have a new board voted on.

The problem is who replaces them? I don't trust the Premier League and any new organisation will simply be more of the same.

 

[orkneyspur]

My only real comments on this whole shitey affair are about Hughes.
Even with our small knowledge of the political shenanigans surrounding Taksin, the collective 'we' could kinda see this coming.
Hughes left a position with Blackburn where he was well respected, had built a team/squad, capable of giving most in the premier a hard game and had access to faaaaar more background info on Man City and what was happening in the background than any of us ever would.
And yet.......he still went to City.
I hope that this does all end in disaster, only because Mark Hughes sums up all that is wrong in football today. He deserted a team and it's fans, when there was no need, just to earn the big pound. I hope it blows up in his flat face and he ends up with f all.
I didn't like the cheating nasty bastard as a player and even less as a manager.
OK rant over. :grin:

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

3. And now he (Corluka) states that he still wants to go to Spurs!! (SSN).


Who knows where he is going, cos it seems he himself doesn't!
As for Citeh, they knew what they were getting themselves into when they associated with Thaksin, so what did they expect?

i cant see that on skysports news website anywhere...

 

[alextheyid]

Hope its true but find it very unlikely to be so!

really?? i wouldnt wish that upon anyone's club..

 

[Dibby]

Wow. Unreal.

Never liked that Thaksin.

 

[si_yidarmy]

it is true! It can be mean a point deduction too. It surely must be testing the fans patience as to whether he should be thier chairman or not. Its what you get when you have too much money! Now all we need is Roman Abrom. Too be a fugitive somehow. lol

 

[Mr-T]

it is true! It can be mean a point deduction too. It surely must be testing the fans patience as to whether he should be thier chairman or not. Its what you get when you have too much money! Now all we need is Roman Abrom. Too be a fugitive somehow. lol

That would be very, very funny if that happened. And we'd all like a chelski fire sale...

 

[si_yidarmy]

the main troubles for city are going to be their massive wage bills. Many city fans will just think it was easy just to buy any player, but not know about thier wage structure. I was looking at an article in the independent i think about chelsea spending, they mentioned that other clubs like us should raise our standards instead of them coming down to our level. But the guy writing the article back us and the likes of Villa and everton etc. by stating thier massive massive wage bill, their spending of about £600million ( you can buy 2 high profile clubs for that) Their wage bill if anyone was interesested is £133million! More than Mancs (71% of thier turnover!) These guys are not thinking it through. Anoying thing with chelsea is Roman probably earns a crap load of interest on his cash he has still got.

Obviously man city have nowhere near the status of chelsea, money and players etc. But similarities are arising in its financial spending patterns etc.

This might be the most intelligent post i have ever done!

 

[Delboy10]

i cant see that on skysports news website anywhere...

It's on the Setanta site:-

Vedran Corluka’s agent has seemingly killed any hopes of the player staying at Manchester City, revealing ‘he still wants to go to Tottenham’.
City boss Mark Hughes announced that the Croat would be staying on Sunday, insisting it was a ‘real boost’ for the Eastlands club.
It appears the City board have put a block on Corluka’s move to White Hart Lane, but the player’s agent insists that is not a satisfactory conclusion for the defender.
“Vedran is very unhappy with the events of the last few days,” stated Corluka’s agent in The Sun.
“He still wants to go to Tottenham.
“He had a medical and agreed personal terms with them over the weekend.
“Vedran hopes the situation can be resolved soon so he can resume his career at Tottenham.”

 

[Spurminator]

Shocking news, will have a lot of repurcussions about ownership of Premiership clubs, especially witht the influx of foreign owners thinking they have bought the ultimate big boys toys. I'm sure there will now be some kind of knee jerk reaction scrutinising the sale of a club.

I also think ownership should exist where there are no incoming debts to acquire the club and especially if the owner is a political figure with a history of corruption, fraud and of hate in a certain country. Imagine Robert Mugabe buying a team like Bolton, could you imagine it happening? Also with respect to other teams such as Liverpool and Manchester United it wouldn't take much to cause serious problems to their finance if their owners faced difficulty. Im not sure of MAn Utds debts but I think they took out huge loans to finance the deal. Now with the supposed credit crunch I wonder how secure the American owners are. So glad we have a club which is financially secure.

The question is especially with the fraud and corruption allegations why didn't anyone block the sale. Like a previous member said, here you go, a lump of cash, no questions, Terry Tibbs Sinawatra will sort it out, aint it.

To be honest you could have seen something like this happening. Wonder what will happen to the club now, and more selfishly when will Corluka be arriving if he is?

 

[LSUY]

Now all we need is Roman Abrom. Too be a fugitive somehow. lol

I would love to see that but unfortunately Abramovich is too smart for that. Rumour has it when he sold his shares in his oil company (I think it was his oil company) to the Kremlin he had a clause put into the agreement that he can't legally face prosecution in Russia.

 

[Houdini]

i cant see that on skysports news website anywhere...

I dont know if its on the website or not, but it is on SKY SPORTS NEWS.