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Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed how Manchester City players wanted to go on strike before their historic 8-1 loss to Middlesbrough in 2008 in protest against the club's then-owner Thaksin Shinawatra.
Richard Dunne - who was the Manchester City captain at the time - approached Eriksson earlier in the week and said the players wanted to make a statement against Thaksin's ruthlessness nature and approach to the club.
Eriksson said they had to play the fixture and blamed the relationship between Sinawatra and the players for the heavy result - which would ultimately cost him his job.
Speaking on Paramount+'s new documentary Fever Pitch, Eriksson said: 'Two days before, Dunne - the captain - came into my office and said we will not play that game as a protest against Shinawatra. I said that you know we have to go
