Berlusconi on Pep, Balotelli and City

[Fame Monster]

There's hundreds of better managers out there so it's good sense that we keep our options open, just like Mancini did when he had his little chat with Monaco or whoever it was.

To quote the man himself, "this is football!!!".

 

[FantasyIreland]

There's hundreds of better managers out there

Calm down......

 

[eddiemarin09]

I'm a huge Mancini supporter but hiring someone like guardiola maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity..if Mancini doesn't win a cup or the league then u have to put personal feelings aside and hire guardiola it would be foolish to pass up the chance to have him..u don't wanna wonder what if..

 

[Fame Monster]

There's hundreds of better managers out there

Calm down......

I thought I was being generous because I know a lot of people on here, for all his faults, like the guy, and the scarves and fruit pastilles and what not so I thought I'd soften my criticism of him.

But the reality is, hundreds is an enormous underestimation. Half the world knows that, with all the talent we have at City (I think we've probably got one of the top 5 best squads in the world), we have next to it an Italian circus that has caused us big problems before and will cause us big problems again.

Even Berlusconi, an ageing man up to his eyeballs in litigation, criminal proceedings, a marital breakdown, and at one time, an obligation to run a country crippled by debt, can see that there's a 'rotten apple', and a man who entertains him at the expense of the club's success.

 

[blink922]

There's hundreds of better managers out there so it's good sense that we keep our options open, just like Mancini did when he had his little chat with Monaco or whoever it was.

To quote the man himself, "this is football!!!".

Not too many players out there better than Danny Welbeck though. Can you tell us again the story of how you used to play with him?

 

[Blue Haze]

Manchester City and Chelsea on alert as Pep Guardiola plans his return

• 'I do not know where I will go,' says former Barcelona coach
• Guardiola rules out taking charge of Brazil side




Pep Guardiola says that he will return to coaching next season but insists that he has not yet decided where. The former Barcelona coach has become the most sought-after manager in Europe, attracting interest from Chelsea and Manchester City among a number of other clubs, but is currently on a sabbatical in New York. Speaking at the Fifa Ballon d'Or awards in Zurich he confirmed for the first time that he will go back into management.

"Next year I will go back into coaching. I do not know where but I will go back," Guardiola said. "It is not that I am missing anything at the moment but I am 41 years old, still young. I currently have the life that I was looking for and that I wanted and my [family] deserved. I don't have a team [yet] and I don't know where I will go but I will go back to coaching."

Asked directly about the possibility of taking over at Bayern Munich, Guardiola said: "Bayern? They have Jupp Heynckes and it would be a lack of respect to talk to a club that has a coach. I repeat: I have taken the decision to return to coaching but not the decision about where I will do it."

It is not clear how much can be read into Guardiola's words about Heynckes and whether they can be applied to English teams but Roberto Mancini is still under contract at Manchester City while Rafael Benítez is formally only Chelsea's interim manager.

Guardiola ruled out an international job when he said that he would not take charge of Brazil because of his belief that national teams should not be coached by foreign managers.

"For a country with so many World Cup wins to think that you can coach them is an honour but I always thought that a national team coach should be from that country," Guardiola said. "But I'm very grateful and it is an honour. I'm living football differently now to the way I did when I worked. I watch games on television and I enjoy watching the big teams play, and watching great players. Like a fan."

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/07/manchester-city-chelsea-pep-guardiola" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013 ... -guardiola</a>

 

[Ducado]

look another thread about the manager and who will replace him!

 

[Hart of the Matter]

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and i don't want anyone to replace mancini unless mancini wants to go. And i dont think the majority want him to, i think the idiots that will believe what they think everyone else believes might, but if we had some clarity i think mancini would get the vote.

-- Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:50 am --

People need to realise that Mancini doesn't win the league or FA CUP he's gone. Pep is out there and has a better relationship with our 2 new hires than Mancini ever could. Hiring him is seen as a no brainer



football = fans

mancini = fan favourite

upset fans = bad business



Do you really believe that football = fans?

Nice thought but we come a long way down the pecking order. We are also very fickle about managers and players.

 

[adammck]

It would be hard to turn down Pep in all fairness and Mancini would return to City with Another team in very good terms with the supporters. The owners are looking at the bigger picture with the academy and club. His CV speaks for himself and they would not be doing their jobs if they weren't looking for contingency plans.

Not to say Pep will guarantee success, but he is one of the best men out there. If Mancini fails in the league well I'd consider his time up, it may be already.

Have faith in our owners, they know what is in our best interests

 

[Bill]

And if Mancini does the double?