Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips tops Thaksin Shinawatra's Manchester City shopping list.

Season ticket sales at City have been on the up since Shinawatra's takeover and the news of England's former boss Sven Goran Eriksson possibly taking charge. But they will overhaul last season's figure of 27,000 if the club can lure back Wright-Phillips.

A member of Shinawatra's camp told The Sun: "We know Wright-Phillips will be the major coup in terms of public relations and on the pitch.

"The idea is to get a spark back into the club and we know there is nobody who would do that more for City's fans than Wright-Phillips."