players." The unmistakable impression, though, is that he senses the opportunity of rewriting a football club's history in Manchester just as he did in Milan, where that 2006 win led on to a scudetto. "Milan were on the top for many years and won the Champions League and the championship," he concluded this week. "Before I arrived, Inter had not won for 19 years and for us this was very, very difficult because Milan won the Champions League, and the championship. I think here we have the same situation. "It is clear Manchester City doesn't have the same history. But when you arrive and start to build a new team, a strong team, and afterwards it becomes as strong as the other team, for me it is the same." Game on: Oliver Thring joins a partridge shoot Everything but the turkey: Best Christmas trimmings What makes a cracking Christmas meal? It's all in the details, says Christopher Hirst, who has chomped his way through a mountain of supermarket and specialist food Bangkok reigns supreme for street food Every city in the world is now getting in on the street-food act, but Bangkok is still the best, says John Brunton Can you cook perfect fried chicken at home? The vogue for fried chicken has us all lusting after crispy wings, but is it achievable at home? Armed with a thermometer and some expert tips, Samuel Muston takes the plunge. Cabin fever: Cabane  Sucre There is a wooden house in the middle