How about a manager. Mark Hughes.
He was in that dugout for 18 months but I always used to forget it was him there until he walked from the bench to his technical area. When Sven was in charge - heck even when Pearce was in charge - he looked like City's manager instantly, but Hughes always felt like he'd only taken the job to pay off a debt he owed to the club. Never seemed like he wanted the club itself to do well, looked miserable and rarely wore City colours, then took advantage of the xenophobia in the British media to paint himself as the poor unfortunate victim when Mancini was hired.
A bad move all round. The way he used to bang on after he was sacked about being the man who signed Kompany, Zabaleta, De Jong, and Tevez. He kept leaving Kompany on the bench and when he did play him he played him in midfield, Zabaleta was moved all around the team and was often left out for Sylvinho (?) and Onuoha, De Jong was another player who Hughes seemed to like dropping for "more experienced players" (read: slower players) like Vieira, and Tevez was a club signing who would have come in regardless of who was in charge at that time.
An arsehole who played dismal football.
He was in that dugout for 18 months but I always used to forget it was him there until he walked from the bench to his technical area. When Sven was in charge - heck even when Pearce was in charge - he looked like City's manager instantly, but Hughes always felt like he'd only taken the job to pay off a debt he owed to the club. Never seemed like he wanted the club itself to do well, looked miserable and rarely wore City colours, then took advantage of the xenophobia in the British media to paint himself as the poor unfortunate victim when Mancini was hired.
A bad move all round. The way he used to bang on after he was sacked about being the man who signed Kompany, Zabaleta, De Jong, and Tevez. He kept leaving Kompany on the bench and when he did play him he played him in midfield, Zabaleta was moved all around the team and was often left out for Sylvinho (?) and Onuoha, De Jong was another player who Hughes seemed to like dropping for "more experienced players" (read: slower players) like Vieira, and Tevez was a club signing who would have come in regardless of who was in charge at that time.
An arsehole who played dismal football.