Marsilius
May 15th, 2007, 14:01
From today's edition of The Times:
Stuart Pearce was dismissed as Manchester City manager yesterday as the club cleared the decks in advance of a ┬г92 million takeover by Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand. Thaksin, who flew into Manchester for talks yesterday, is preparing to make a formal offer for the [soccer] club within days and has asked the board for help in finding a top-class coach to lead them into a new era... Thaksin and his financial advisers, seymour Pierce, are two weeks into a period of due diligence, inspecting the club's accounts before making his offer formal.
Stuart Pearce was dismissed as Manchester City manager yesterday as the club cleared the decks in advance of a ┬г92 million takeover by Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand. Thaksin, who flew into Manchester for talks yesterday, is preparing to make a formal offer for the [soccer] club within days and has asked the board for help in finding a top-class coach to lead them into a new era... Thaksin and his financial advisers, seymour Pierce, are two weeks into a period of due diligence, inspecting the club's accounts before making his offer formal.