Press reports have suggested that club owner Thaksin Shinawatra has lost patience with the City squad and will listen to offers for any one of his players. If this is true and you certainly wouldn’t put it past him after recent events, the Citizens may have to endure a disappointing summer.

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Loyalty and football rarely go hand in hand nowadays. One mistake can be the difference between a manager remaining in charge or losing his job regardless of all the good he had done prior to that. These billionaire owners fail to recognise improvement, only seeing missed opportunities (and ultimately missed money). That’s exactly what’s happened down at Eastlands with Sven’s likely exit come May 11th. I think Dr. Shinawatra should take a leaf out of Niall Quinn’s book.

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So Sven Goran Eriksson’s short 9-month reign at Eastlands looks soon to be at an end. Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to wield the managerial axe after City’s two remaining Premier League matches.

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So Sven-Goran Eriksson’s position is supposedly under threat after only 9 months in the Manchester City managerial hot seat. Despite a season that’s seen more arrivals at Eastlands than there are angry customers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra has claimed he will review the Swede’s position at the end of this campaign following a lacklustre second-half to the season. Should Eriksson be under-pressure so early in his City tenure, in my opinion and those of the majority of the club’s fans, the answer is a resounding No!

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