Spanish Mundo ABC: Mourinho made a deal vith Manchester City

[franksinatra]

+1

Well Mancini has brought success also and probably will for the long term if we give him the opportunity and also he hasnt behaved like a grade A twat either. So yes I would turn my nose up at a manger with no respect for anyone and will probably be here for a couple of years, like at all his other clubs.

Continuity will bring this club success, not changing managers and this fanciful idea that Ronaldo will jet in also is equally laughable.

Im real mate we have a manager, first full year in charge won the FA cup, second year eight games to go competing for the championship. I am more than happy for that and would suggest its the ones who want to change this manager who need to get real.

Mancini hasn't delivered sufficient success to justify turning down the best manager in the world today. If we finish this season winning nothing, and Mourinho is available, it's a 'no brainer'. If he wants to bring Ronaldo with him that's fine by me. Why aren't City fans doing cartwheels at the prospect? Very strange.....

Because some of us have respect for what Manicini has achieved taking a club from 6th in the league and within two years were fighting it out for the title. Winning our first trophy in 35 years in his first full season etc etc. Incidentally Mourinho only won a cup at Real Madrid in his first full season also and Madrid started a lot closer to their rivals than we did.

What is strange that there are threads even considering replacing him and this bizarre conclusion that Ronaldo will be turning up also.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Do you think Sheik Mansour would want to hire someone like that?

He already has done.

Have to agree, Bobby went to war with Inter it can't be forgotten.

I think you will find he means City?

Mancini has gone to war over transfer budgets twice and almost resulted in him walking last summer.

Remember the Abu Dhabi summit with Cook and Marwood.

 

[Seosa]

Have to agree, Bobby went to war with Inter it can't be forgotten.

And Marwood and Cook last summer. Not to mention the interview in which he said he wanted the same power at City that Fergie and Wenger have at their respective clubs. Mourinho and Mancini are both highly political figures schooled in the art of sending messages via the media and via intermediaries when they are unhappy with something at their particular club. That is the antithesis of how Fergie runs the rags.

You have to wonder whether Marwood and Cook dropped the ball last summer. It's known that Mancini wanted De Rossi but such a deal depended on Tevez's sale, and while we had every right to demand £50m based on his form and his growth in stature, should we really have been more realistic? There's no doubting however that there were egos flaring at the time.

 

[lionheart]

So if we win the league this year, Mancini stays. If we fail, Mourinho comes. It looks like a win win scenario to me.

 

[robbieh]

I assume you are alluding to Cook/Valdano. However there is a difference between behind the scenes posturing and the constant bad press Mourinho has attracted to Madrid.

Talking to a Madrid supporter today and he's not bothered whether Mourinho goes or not. Obviously he sees his managerial quality but he doesn't like the general mayhem surrounding the club since Jose has been there. As he says, and he's not alone, it's all about Mourinho.

 

[Anonymous]

You have to wonder whether Marwood and Cook dropped the ball last summer. It's known that Mancini wanted De Rossi but such a deal depended on Tevez's sale, and while we had every right to demand £50m based on his form and his growth in stature, should we really have been more realistic? There's no doubting however that there were egos flaring at the time.

When to comes to how much money Mancini has to spend in any given transfer window, I reckon the power lies solely with Khaldoun and the Sheikh. I think his disagreement with Marwood and Cook was more about which players to spend the money on rather than how much money is available.

 

[chesterbells]

So if we win the league this year, Mancini stays. If we fail, Mourinho comes. It looks like a win win scenario to me.

Wisdom from Dubai

 

[Seosa]

You have to wonder whether Marwood and Cook dropped the ball last summer. It's known that Mancini wanted De Rossi but such a deal depended on Tevez's sale, and while we had every right to demand £50m based on his form and his growth in stature, should we really have been more realistic? There's no doubting however that there were egos flaring at the time.

When to comes to how much money Mancini has to spend in any given transfer window, I reckon the power lies solely with Khaldoun and the Sheikh. I think his disagreement with Marwood and Cook was more about which players to spend the money on rather than how much money is available.

I still think he could've used Hargreaves more, as ridiculous as I'm sure that sounds. Whether Owen's situation was much worse than thought we may never know but the very least Mancini could do was use him. That's where I, and I'm sure I'm not alone with this opinion, believe Mancini's gets his wrong; his pure stubbornness. I'll bet this stubbornness is what has caused issues here and his previous clashes at Inter, everyone knows how fiery he was as a player.

 

[allan harper]

would have thought complete opposite; knock Barca off their perch in the league and/or win the CL, leave like he did with Inter on a high. Comes up short in the CL, stays until he gets that success.

Not if you think you can hold out for the United job at some stage.

He comes up short on both this season and he has a major problem.

The United job is not available yet and unless he's willing to take Spurs or A N Other, that ship will forever sail by coming to City.

And the City job is not one I believe is even yet on offer as the radio report suggests, certainly not an agreement.

He'll never manage the Rags as he wants to build a dynasty and not continue on the back of someone elses work.

He wants our job when he returns to England, that's the bottom line, his meetings with Spuds and stories being leaked like this one are the tricks and trade of his people to force our hand.

There'll be two outcomes here:

He'll get the phone call = he'll be in charge of us next season
He wont get the phone call = stays at Real

We hold the cards this time.........................

Make that call Danamy, make that fucking call !

 

[Gingers Dad]

Stick with Mancini, he's doing a good job. We don't want to become another moneyed club with no patience or class.