Defining Week For City

I said before that this week will be a defining one for Manchester City. So it will prove to be both on and off the pitch. The first part of the week didn’t exactly get off to a good start with the blue side of Merseyside downing the blues of Manchester by two goals, which in all reality could, and probably should, have been much worse.
At the end of this week we entertain Wigan and if a defeat is handed out to us there, or even a draw now then we can really start to kiss goodbye to any hopes we had for Champions League football next season. Don’t get me wrong I still think that City are enjoying a superb season, with the scalp of local rivals United in the derby - twice and the fact that we haven’t been out of the top half all season is something every City fan would have taken with both hands and no questions just seven months ago.
However whether we win, draw or lose Saturday probably the most defining moment of Citys future will actually come on Thursday. City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has announced that he will return to his native Thailand where he expects to be arrested and bailed on corruption charges. Once bailed he will then begin the process of negotiating with the ruling PPP party in order to regain control of the $1400m (US) that was seized and frozen last year. With the PPP thought to be sympathetic of Shinawatra it is expected that the charges against him will eventually be dropped. As any City fan will know he was ousted in a bloodless coup while at a UN meeting in New York. During his entire takeover of City, human rights watch groups were stating that he was a human rights violator of the worst kind.
As an ex Thai cop, he made his fortune when he established the largest mobile phone operator in Thailand before entering politics and was elected Prime Minister in 2001, then won a second term in 2005.
Hopefully if all goes well he will redirect some of that money in Citys direction, in particular for Sven to invest in the squad during the close season.