Ousted Thai PM 'wants to buy Man City'

Toppled Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who previously made an unsuccessful bid for Liverpool FC, is trying to buy another Premiership soccer club, according to a pro-Thaksin website today.

The site – www.hi-thaksin.net – said the former prime minister was ready to pay more than £92.5m (€136.2m) for the Manchester City Football Club with partners from China and the Middle East.