Exactly five months ago, an article in The Times said that Thaksin had demanded that City make a Big Name Buy to fill the stadium. I was originally quite sceptical, given that it was transfer policy driven by non-football considerations; obviously a bad thing.
Guillem Balague subsequently reported on a podcast that Eriksson had been allocated £30million to spend on such a player (and was looking at Berbatov, Milito and Benzema), although the story progressed inexorably towards Ronaldinho. And we all know how that turned out.
But today the story is back. An article in The Guardian this morning says that Thaksin and Cook are looking for a 'box office signing' to 'take the club to another level'. The name mentioned in particular is Thierry Henry, who is no less plausible than other big name stars linked with us in the past. In one sense it's exciting, but we've already had our fingers burnt. Can't we just trust Hughes with transfers? He has quite a good record.
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