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Man City players arrive in Bangkok

(BangkokPost.com) – The first batch of Manchester City footballers have landed at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday afternoon. They were accompanied out of the airport by Thaksin Shinawatra’s son, Panthongtae, to a hotel in Bangkok as soon as their plane landed.

They were greeted at the airport by a handful of Thai fans.

Manchester City football club’s manager Sven Goran Eriksson is expected to arrive in the evening with the rest of the players. Manchester City, whose chairman is ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will be playing a friendly match against the Thailand all-stars premier league team on May 17.