The first cracks in the previously cosy relationship between Manchester City boss Sven Goran Eriksson and chairman Thaksin Shinawatra have started to appear following the team's slump in form.
After a promising start to life under Eriksson, City have won only two of their last 12 Premier League games to slip to eighth in the table and all but end their hopes of winning a European place.
Shinawatra, who has been back in his native Thailand to fight corruption charges, has returned to England and will be at City's home game against Tottenham tomorrow, before holding a meeting with Eriksson on Monday.
Although the meeting was arranged weeks ago, Shinawtara's declaration that he has returned to "tighten some bolts" is seen as the first sign of pressure being brought to bear on Eriksson since the Swede took charge.
Eriksson yesterday responded to Shinawatra's remarks with a thinly-veiled and sarcastic warning to City's owner and chairman to keep his nose out of team affairs and allow the former England boss to get on with his job.
"When the chairman comes, if he has some magic things ways to concede less goals and score more, then he's more than welcome to tell me or tell the players," said Eriksson.
source:http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/03/15/sven-goran-eriksson-on-collision-course-with-man-city-chairman-89520-20351632/
