MANCINNI FIRED

WHO'S ON THE SHORT LIST.THE CHOSEN 1. CHEERS

Another Milestone for Fergie
That's the 19th City manager he has seen off

Sir Alex 1000/1
Pelligrini 1/4
The special one 8/1

There is obviously nothing to be learnt from keeping a manager for more than 3 seasons.......... Respect to United(tu)

MANUEL PELLEGRINI is nothing like Roberto Mancini — or any other Premier League boss.

For a start the jovial Chilean never blasts refs and has a habit of politely referring to his players as ‘Mr so and so’.

And the Manchester City-bound manager is good for a laugh.

Jose Mourinho, during his first season as Real Madrid chief, taunted Pellegrini about his achievements as coach at the Bernabeu.

But Pellegrini replied: “I’ve won the same number of La Liga as Mou — zero.”

And while Mancini suffered the antics of Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli, the current Malaga boss is less tolerant.

He booted out Argie Juan Roman Riquelme at Villarreal and Spaniard Apono at Malaga, saying: “In my team the players are with me — or they’re out.”

The 59-year-old ex-Chile international defender looks well equipped to deal with the pressure at the top of the Premier League.

And the consequences should he fail to improve on Mancini’s record of one league title and an FA Cup win.

In his one season at Real, Pellegrini won 31 of his 38 league games to amass a club record 96 points — and still got the boot.

The man they call ‘The Engineer’ — because he is a qualified civil engineer — will arrive at the Etihad after leading Malaga into the Champions League for the first time in their history and reaching this season’s quarter-finals.

He has also coached River Plate in Argentina, LDU Quito in Ecuador and Universidad de Chile in his homeland. But it was at Villarreal — his first European club — that he really made his reputation.

Pellegrini twice guided the ‘Yellow Submarine’ to top-three finishes in La Liga, won the Intertoto Cup and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2006, losing to Arsenal.

His entire 13-year playing career was spent with Universidad, where he made more than 450 appearances before becoming their coach. Whether that kind of loyalty is earned at the Etihad is another matter.

But last night former star players queued up to sing his praises and insist that their old boss Pellegrini can take the heat at City.

Ex-Manchester United and Malaga ace Ruud van Nistelrooy said: “Pellegrini is one of the best coaches I worked under. He’s a big strategist but nothing like Mancini.

“He’s always in conversation with his squad, offering plenty of chances to young players.

“That characterises his quality work and he’ll be good value in the Premier League.”

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos said: “Our season together was very positive.

“We didn’t win titles but the team developed a good game and Pellegrini won all our respect. I think he’ll triumph in England.”

Marcos Senna, at Villarreal with Pellegrini, added: “We had some incredible years — the best of my career.

“I always speak highly of him because the team was united and communication was good on and off the pitch.

“I remember Pellegrini’s first words to us on his first day at Villarreal.

“He told us, ‘The future lies in your hands. Work as a group and you’ll be successful’.

“Age was never a question. Young or old — he convinced you that your place in the team depended on the work you put in.”

gregbucks Wrote:

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> MANUEL PELLEGRINI is nothing like Roberto Mancini
> — or any other Premier League boss.
>
> For a start the jovial Chilean never blasts refs
> and has a habit of politely referring to his
> players as ‘Mr so and so’.
>
> And the Manchester City-bound manager is good for
> a laugh.
>
> Jose Mourinho, during his first season as Real
> Madrid chief, taunted Pellegrini about his
> achievements as coach at the Bernabeu.
>
> But Pellegrini replied: “I’ve won the same
> number of La Liga as Mou — zero.”
>
> And while Mancini suffered the antics of Carlos
> Tevez and Mario Balotelli, the current Malaga boss
> is less tolerant.
>
> He booted out Argie Juan Roman Riquelme at
> Villarreal and Spaniard Apono at Malaga, saying:
> “In my team the players are with me — or
> they’re out.”
>
> The 59-year-old ex-Chile international defender
> looks well equipped to deal with the pressure at
> the top of the Premier League.
>
> And the consequences should he fail to improve on
> Mancini’s record of one league title and an FA
> Cup win.
>
> In his one season at Real, Pellegrini won 31 of
> his 38 league games to amass a club record 96
> points — and still got the boot.
>
> The man they call ‘The Engineer’ — because
> he is a qualified civil engineer — will arrive
> at the Etihad after leading Malaga into the
> Champions League for the first time in their
> history and reaching this season’s
> quarter-finals.
>
> He has also coached River Plate in Argentina, LDU
> Quito in Ecuador and Universidad de Chile in his
> homeland. But it was at Villarreal — his first
> European club — that he really made his
> reputation.
>
> Pellegrini twice guided the ‘Yellow Submarine’
> to top-three finishes in La Liga, won the
> Intertoto Cup and reached the semi-finals of the
> Champions League in 2006, losing to Arsenal.
>
> His entire 13-year playing career was spent with
> Universidad, where he made more than 450
> appearances before becoming their coach. Whether
> that kind of loyalty is earned at the Etihad is
> another matter.
>
> But last night former star players queued up to
> sing his praises and insist that their old boss
> Pellegrini can take the heat at City.
>
> Ex-Manchester United and Malaga ace Ruud van
> Nistelrooy said: “Pellegrini is one of the best
> coaches I worked under. He’s a big strategist
> but nothing like Mancini.
>
> “He’s always in conversation with his squad,
> offering plenty of chances to young players.
>
> “That characterises his quality work and he’ll
> be good value in the Premier League.”
>
> Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos said: “Our
> season together was very positive.
>
> “We didn’t win titles but the team developed a
> good game and Pellegrini won all our respect. I
> think he’ll triumph in England.”
>
> Marcos Senna, at Villarreal with Pellegrini,
> added: “We had some incredible years — the
> best of my career.
>
> “I always speak highly of him because the team
> was united and communication was good on and off
> the pitch.
>
> “I remember Pellegrini’s first words to us on
> his first day at Villarreal.
>
> “He told us, ‘The future lies in your hands.
> Work as a group and you’ll be successful’.
>
> “Age was never a question. Young or old — he
> convinced you that your place in the team depended
> on the work you put in.”


That`s all good and well to say team unity is everything when you can get rid of players at small clubs, but dealing with Multi- Millionaires that City have will be a lot different. The press will test him to the fullest in England but he is lucky SAF has retired.

He will have to Win the League and qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League immediately, which wont be easy, but while some people think he is the Messiah, his 2 seasons at Malaga, and they have spent a fortune on players is

2012- P 38 , W17, L14 42 Points behind the winners
2013 -P 36 , W15 , L12 Currently 37 Points behind.

And he replaces Mancini, Good Luck City.

Mancinni was not my favourite person, I knew he was going to get the boot. I doubt the special one will go to Man City..I am also surprised that he is in talks(or finalised Cchelsea) as he dislikes the powers messing with his teams,etc. Maybe my prayers are being answered and there's a small 2000000/1 chance he may join Liverpool. We just need him 4 3 seasons to win 3 leagues and we go 21 to unieds 20><

Reading @ 11/2 against Man City 2nyt looks absolute give away imo