City play down takeover talk

Manchester City have distanced themselves from a £100m (€148m) takeover by one-time Coventry chairman Bryan Richardson and ex-Formula One boss Eddie Jordan.

City play down takeover talk
Sun, 08 May, 2005 - 13:20

Manchester City have distanced themselves from a £100m (€148m) takeover by one-time Coventry chairman Bryan Richardson and ex-Formula One boss Eddie Jordan.

Speculation has surfaced that Richardson and Jordan were about to launch a buy-out of the Blues which would provide a £30m (€44m) transfer kitty and see Gordon Strachan appointed as manager.

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