Luiz Felipe Scolari gets Manchester City job

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“Does the success of English clubs show that football is in rude health?”
Published 5/2/2008 by Arthur Antunes Coimbra at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... pompously announces “I can reveal intermediaries acting for City owner Shinawatra have already approached Mourinho through his agent Jose Mendez.” Not so, according to The Daily Mirror’s John Cross, who splashes with “Luiz Felipe Scolari has agreed to become the new manager of Manchester City… But Shinawatra’s overtures and the promise of a £2.5million-a-year contract have been difficult to resist and Scolari has told his network of coaches and scouts he will take charge at City.” ...

Manchester City owner moves quickly to replace Sven
Published 5/2/2008 by stresster at CaughtOffside.com
... According to the Daily Mirror, Luiz Felipe Scolari is set to become the next manager of Manchester City. It became clear on Tuesday that Sven-Goran Eriksson’s future at the club was likely to amount to just a handful of weeks, with owner Thaksin Shinawatra seemingly unimpressed by City’s ninth-placed finish this term. The megalomaniac has moved quickly to appoint the Brazilian and will hope that the current Portugal coach can match his ambitions for the club by bringing Champions League football in two seasons time. ...