Manchester coach lands in Bangkok

Coach of Manchester City Football Club, Sven-Goran Eriksson flew into Bangkok on Thursday afternoon to the delight of both fans and media personnel. The man was immediately swamped by photographers and cameramen.

Despite all the media attention, the footballer failed to make a statement or speak with any members of the press.

Eriksson was accompanied by Panthongtae Shinawatra, the son of Thailand’s former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who is now the owner of the football club. Panthongtae is fighting charges in Thailand for tax fraud.

It is rumored that Eriksson is in the country in order to sign Suree Sukha with the British club. The Thai international player would be the first Thai national to play with a top European club if the proposal is extended by Eriksson on Friday and accepted by Sukha.

Sukha currently earns about $300 a week playing for the domestic league but all that could change if he moved to Europe.

Eriksson is also visiting Bangkok in order to raise the profile of the team in Asia, but if that was his primary goal, he may have been disappointed. Although some fans turned out, the scene was dominated by media, security guards and Thaksin’s political supporters.

At least two dozen airport security guards accompanied Eriksson through the airport and into a luxury German sedan while around 50 cameramen tried to capture him on film.