Thaksin Shinawatra offers to quit Manchester City
August 23, 2008
Manchester City’s Thailand owner Thaksin Shinawatra has offered to stand down from his position, amid the turmoil over the warrant for his arrest back in his home country of Thailand.
City chairman Garry Cook has revealed that Shinawatra has offered to resign his position from the board of the club.
Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand, was supposed to return to Thailand last week to face charges, but instead chose to fly to back the UK.
Garry Cook stated:
Dr Thaksin is embarrassed about the indignity brought on all the entities – the club, the Premier League – he never intended this.
Dr Thaksin has been really open about this.
He has said to me, ‘if you need me to resign from the football club as a director, because it would serve the needs of the Premier League, then I’m fine with that as long as that doesn’t change any other thing.’
The City board has yet to respond to the offer made by Shinawatra. The whole situation is also being monitored by the Premier League, who could step in if they believe Shinawatra isn’t the right person to control a Premier League side.
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