Thaksin Shinwatra's advisors insist their takeover of Manchester City is well on course.
Shinawatra's proposed £90m takeover of City is edging closer towards a successful resolution with the former Thai prime minister reportedly on the brink of tabling an official offer to chairman John Wardle.
The same source also revealed that no firm offers have been made to a potential replacement for Stuart Pearce as manager since the first-choice candidate, Claudio Ranieri, elected to join Juventus this week, with the Thais anxious to avoid an awkward repeat.
"[There will be] no serious talk on that until the paperwork for the takeover is signed and sealed," the source said yesterday.