NEVILLE UNSURE ON MANCINI

The former Manchester United defender and current television pundit Gary Neville has said that he expects the Italian manager Roberto Mancini to get the sack if he does not win the title this season with Manchester city. Mancini guided the team to their first Premier league title last season, but has been struggling a lot in all competitions this season. City have not only crashed out of the Capital One cup and the Champions League, but they are also not in a position to win the Premier League title as well. They are currently six points behind United in the table after the 3-2 defeat against their arch rivals recently.

Due to the fact that they have only the FA cup and the Premier League to play for, Neville has said that he would expect the club to sack the manager if he does not win any trophy this season. There has been a lot of changes in the backroom staff over the last six months. This has in recent rumours that the club are looking to get the former Barcelona manager Guardiola. Neville believes that it will be the case if the club are unsuccessful this season, despite the fact that they have shown a lot of patience since taking over the club in 2008.

“Roberto Mancini deserves more time but it is not a ridiculous suggestion to think City would not consider making a change if he doesn’t win the league. Whilst Roberto Mancini continues to be successful he should stay in his job but it does feel like one day Mourinho or Guardiola will end up there. They have a new chief executive and a new director of football who presumably have the ear of the owner,” said Neville, who has been hugely praised for his punditry work.