I can’t quite figure out why he bought the club. He only cares about the game superficially.

Most Thaksin haters think he bought it for propaganda purposes because of the election, but that just seems like a stupid political and business decision. Thaksin, with all his faults, doesn’t seem like a naive political operator or a bad businessman. PPP would have won the election without the Man City purchase.

I think dumping Sven was a bad idea. Thaksin should have waited until the fans called for his head, which would have happened eventually if he didn’t produce within a reasonable time frame. Sven did a decent job though. He brought a team that was perennially in the cellar and made it competitive with the big boys.

I think the simplest reason for Thaksin’s purchase of Man City is the most obvious one: He bought a toy for his spoiled son – and it was a creative way to launder his overseas money.

But then again, already back then, at the “peak” of his power, remember that fortune teller predicting Thaksin will be a man with no land?

He knew, we all knew. Thaksin was asking for all this, whatever the motives.

BangkokDan

IMO, Thaksin needs to decide between City & Thai politics, instead of trying to use City to further his political goals.

It’s a pity that taking City up the ladder does not seem to be a big enough goal to satisfy his ego.

If he had concentrated on that goal, and had stayed out of Thai politics, I think he would have faced less opposition to him regaining control of most of the frozen funds (less a tax/fine of course, as a deterrent to others who try to have their cake and eat it all in future).