Is Manchester City doomed with former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra owning the club?

For all ya'll who don't know who Thaksin Shinawatra is, he was the ousted Prime Minister of Thailand who kept screwing his own people.

Yep, and after his stint with Thai politics, this crooked and corrupt Thai lander is now the majority owner of the Manchester City football club coming to the brand new 2007-08 English Premiership season. He he... Now THAT is the way to create some real international buzz.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra agreed to buy Manchester City football club for a whopping $162 million. (And all that probably came from the taxes he made the Thailanders pay in his government... NICE.)

''I am delighted that the board of Manchester City has recommended my bid for the club,'' Thaksin Shinawatra said in a joint statement with the club. ''We share a determination to take the club back to its rightful place at the highest level of competition in both the FA Premier League and European football.''

Now I've seen everything. I've seen sports athletes make that transition from sports to politics, even movie stars, but I think Thaksin is the first guy to come from politics to sports. He he...

On the same note, I heard Filipino celebrity Manny Pacquiao tried running for a congressional seat in Philippine politics and FAILED MISERABLY. (Good God, I can only imagine what this sick fuck will do if ever he got elected... Jeez... What, he'll throw a left hook to run the Philippines?)

Thai prosecutors filed corruption charges against Thaksin Shinawatra in the Supreme Court, in the first criminal charges ever filed against a former premier in Thailand.

Thaksin was toppled in a military coup last September and was named along with his wife Pojamarn in a case involving allegations of wrongdoing in a land deal.

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Manchester United +150

Chelsea FC +150

Liverpool FC +550

Arsenal FC +650

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