Manchester City boss Sven Goran Eriksson fears they're being taken for a ride by the agents of Barcelona star Ronaldinho.
The Guardian says although Thaksin Shinawatra was in Thailand awaiting his corruption trial, the City owner sent a delegation to give Moreira and agent Pini Zahavi the VIP treatment and discuss the possibility of Ronaldinho joining from Barcelona, with a weekly salary in excess of £100,000.
Eriksson's suspicion is that Ronaldinho's advisers intend to quote City's offer as a way of drumming up interest from other potential buyers, a list that potentially includes Chelsea.
"After the game I met him [Moreira] and do you know where?" Eriksson asked pointedly. "He was outside the dressing room of Chelsea. What he was doing there I don't know.
"The agents are not stupid.
"They suspect we have money to spend, so they come to us with their lists of players."
