Mancini’s sacking comes just 48 hours after he failed to
beat Wigan in the FA Cup final which means the Citizens will finish the season
without a silverware. The Abu Dhabi owners said in a statement that the 48-year-old
had failed to deliver on the club’s targets for the season, the retention of
the Premier League title the more apparent.
The former Inter Milan manager’s job was always going to be
at risk after it became obvious they would lose out the league title to
neighbours Manchester United as early as in April. The loss to relegation
threatened Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup final in Wembley proved to be the final
nail in his coffin.
Mancini’s 3½-year stint in the Eitihad dugout saw him lead
the club to its first major silverware since 1976 after he won the FA Cup in
his first full season at the club in 2010-11. More success followed in his
second year bagging the Premier League title on the last day of the season with
a dramatic Sergio Aguero goal in the last minute of their encounter with QPR.
That guaranteed the Citizens their first ever appearance in
the Champions League, the apex of European club football. However, Mancini failed
to guide the club past the group stages, not once, but in two consecutive
seasons in spite of spending big money.
It is the 2012-13 season however that the Sheikh
Mansour-owned club have totally underachieved. City are guaranteed 2nd
place and Champions League football next season but they have lost the premier
league title to Manchester United, lost the FA Cup title to Wigan and were
eliminated from the Champions League at the group stages and League cup in 3rd
round.
The former Lazio and Sampdoria player will not be short of
coaching destinations though and he is believed to be the number one target for
French side Monaco. The club won promotion to Ligue 1 and are reported to be
the destination for prolific Atletico Madrid forward Radamel Falcao while
Manchester City are lining up Chilean Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini as
Mancini’s replacement at the Eitihad.
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