When was roberto mancini sacked

That it happened at all is a reflection of this team's unfulfilled potential. Appointed in December , Mancini has taken City to new heights during his tenure at Eastlands, while his success led to a new contract as recently as July , not even a year before his dismissal.

It capped a fine domestic season where the City attack scored and defended to great effect, and also a fine turnaround that saw an AWOL Carlos Tevez return to inspire his team to make up a considerable deficit to Manchester United. The erstwhile present was that City failed to build on a landmark achievement last season by going one step further.

A sustained run in Europe was not achieved, nor was the retention of the Premier League itself. The final nail in the coffin was the FA Cup, which provided the easiest route to three successive years of high-profile silverware. Samir Nasri was the most high-profile target of public criticism from Roberto Mancini, which, while acknowledged by the player himself to have proved a source of motivation Telegraph , could perhaps have been better dealt with in private.

Then there was Joe Hart, whose relationship with Mancini soured so considerably that journalists were told in April not to ask the goalkeeper about his own public criticism at the hands of the coach Daily Mail. What about club captain Vincent Kompany, a rock in the defence in last year's title-winning campaign?

Even he was not spared a mouthful as Mancini publicly questioned his commitment to the City cause following an appearance for Belgium soon after a calf injury BBC Sport.

Mancini is well-known for his distant style of management, but in an era where player power is king, perhaps that had gone too far. Most worryingly, not only did Manchester City not experience a progression from last season, they exhibited an obvious regression.

There was no signature City move cultivated after their attacking swagger and defensive solidity of the season. Instead, individual brilliance was too often relied upon for three points—and in some cases, just the one point. Mancini became Inter head coach in November , taking the club to fourth place in Italy's top flight last season. Mancini's relationship with new Inter owners Suning Holdings broke down over the summer, with his successor expected to be former Holland defender Frank De Boer, who left his role as Ajax head coach in May.

The year-old was linked with Premier League clubs Everton and Southampton before those vacancies were filled by Ronald Koeman and Claude Puel respectively. It was the second time former Manchester City manager Mancini took the top job at the Nerazzurri, having led the club to three league titles and two Coppa Italias during his first spell between and Assistant manager Brian Kidd will take charge for the remaining two games of the season and the post-season tour to the US.

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