Sven vows to spend wisely

Man City boss Sven Goran Eriksson has vowed to spen Thaksin Shinawatra's investment money wisely in the January transfer window. Eriksson has already said that he is keen to spend a lot of money in January.

The Swedish coach told the Manchester Evening News: "I am told there is money available in January but how much I don't know yet. If we want to strengthen the squad then we have to be very clever about it. We must not buy average players. We have to buy top-class and for them to be better than we have already. That will cost a lot of money."

He added: "Before I get into lists of players in whom we might be interested I think it is vital to know what that spending figure will be.

"We have to compete reputation-wise with the big four who can offer Champions League football.

"But I am sure we are one of the teams that foreign players are looking at and thinking: 'I would like to play there.' And that is very good."