Manchester City's players are uniting behind manager Sven-Goran Eriksson to try to quell uncertainty over the Swede's future.

Eriksson met City's Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra twice over the weekend but speculation over his position refuses to die down.

City's 3-2 home defeat by relegation strugglers Fulham on Saturday did nothing to help Eriksson's cause, especially as Thaksin was at the game.

But Michael Ball, City's captain on Saturday in the absence of Richard Dunne, said the squad were to a man supportive of the former England manager.

"Every player is 100 per cent behind him (Eriksson). We like his methods, the way he trains, the way he goes about his tactics," Ball said.

"If the club wants to go forward we have got to keep the coaching staff and obviously add a few more players."