Thaksin Shinawatra: Last News

Manchester City have come a long way over the past 14 years thanks to the money of Sheikh Mansour. Yesterday, City announced the signing of Borussia Dortmund Erling Haaland, one of the most exciting young players in world football for £51million. The transfer is just the latest in a long line of such deals in the Sheikh Mansour era.

Manchester City were not the global superpower that they have now become. In fact, the Abu Dhabi owners did not purchase the club until 2008 when former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra was in charge.The politician himself had only just bought City 15 months prior to the mega-money takeover but his short-lived era will always be remembered as a false dawn.

Manchester City and failed to make any sort of impression during his time in the Premier League. But the Italian has gone on to become quite the physical specimen despite hanging his boots up five years ago.Once upon a time, he would have been begging the Lord Almighty to hit the target but now he resembles something more like Jesus.Since retiring from football in 2017, the former Italy Under-21 international has turned his hand to a number of other crafts.Turning 39 on Tuesday, he owns a vineyard in northern Italy where he has his own wine named Il Risveglio Valcalepio Rosso, a red with dry and bold tastes.However, despite it being a passion of his, the general public have not agreed with his wine business failing to take off as of yet.As well as swilling wine glasses, Bianchi is also in the process of becoming a horse trainer - another wild hobby - and his Instagram is full of pictures of him riding tending to his ponies.One post includes Bianchi even helping one of his horses give birth, including the caption “La bellezza della NATURA”, translated to “the beauty of NATURE”.The former striker enjoyed and endured a topsy-turvy career while his few months in the Premier League hardly made him a household name.

Sven-Goran Eriksson’s appointment as Manchester City boss in July 2007 set in motion a whirlwind period that remains fondly remembered by the Blues faithful.

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Before Manchester City were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008, the club’s fans were forced to endure a succession of mid-table finishes in the top flight.