I live and work in Russia, and split my time between Moscow and St Petersburg. But St Petersburg is where my family are, I regard it as my adopted home and my son-in-law is a big Zenit fan. He and I took my 10-year-old grandson to the new stadium for his first match the other week (they lost 1-0 to mid-table Terek Grozny and it ended up costing them their place in the CL next season, so we weren't exactly a lucky charm!).
They have a couple of City links. Javi Garcia is still there, and they bought Robbie Mak this year. But I'll love it if they do hire Mancini. I still think that, when he left us, it was the right time for him to go, but I won't forget his seminal part in our rise and in some of the best days I've had in over 40 years as a matchgoing Blue. Would be great to see him knocking the Moscow clubs off their perch next season.