Mancini may last just six months at Man City

• Poignant

  18 Dec 09, 23:22

  Report: Manchester City Want Arsene Wenger To Replace Mark Hughes

  The Citizens are looking to the experienced Frenchman to guide them to the next level.

  

  CC: Arsene Wenger - Mark Hughes, Manchester City - Arsenal （Getty Images）

  
  

  Manchester City have decided that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is the man to replace Mark Hughes as manager at Eastlands, according to a report in The Daily Star.
  
  Former Arsenal player Brian Marwood, believed to enjoy a close relationship with Wenger, was appointed as City's football adviser in March of this year.
  
  Marwood has now apparently persuaded City owner Sheikh Mansour that Wenger is the man to turn the Mancunians into Champions League winners and Premier League champions.
  
  The City hierarchy are reportedly not convinced that Hughes can achieve those aims.
  
  Wenger is rumored by The Star to be growing increasingly dissatisfied with the lack of funds available to him at the Emirates. Money, of course, is no object at Eastlands, though Wenger would expect complete control over transfer dealings.
  
  The Frenchman's current Gunners contract expires at the end of next season.

• Chris88110

  18 Dec 09, 23:26

  Right....................

• Poignant

  18 Dec 09, 23:27

  will wenger get to work with adebayor again?

  confirm NO!

• brokenluv

  18 Dec 09, 23:29

  not a chance. I think Wenger will finish what he started at Arsenal.

• Ythakisoka09

  19 Dec 09, 08:48

  I heard Man City want Wenger or Hiddink to replace Mark Hughes.

• zocoss

  19 Dec 09, 10:05

  

  ON THE WAY OUT ... Mark Hughes

   

   

  MARK HUGHES is set to be axed this weekend - even if his Manchester City side beat Sunderland at Eastlands today.

  Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and owner Sheikh Mansour finally lost faith following City's 3-0 drubbing at Tottenham on Wednesday.

  Guus Hiddink and Jurgen Klinsmann are understood to be on City's wanted list of replacements for Sparky.

  Russia coach Hiddink excelled as Chelsea's stand- in boss last season and his agent yesterday claimed there has already been contact from City. But former Germany chief Klinsmann is also in the frame - especially as he is currently out of management.

  Hughes, 46, was appointed as City boss in June 2008 and has spent £250million on the team. But the club's Abu Dhabi owners have not seen the return on their investment they were expecting.

  I understand Hughes came close to getting the sack on November 28 after his team yet again surrendered a lead to draw at home to Hull.

  Chairman Khaldoon left Eastlands furious but decided to give Sparky more time following a long phone conversation with him the next day.

  It was the third successive time City had thrown away an advantage, having also drawn 2-2 with Fulham and 3-3 with Burnley.

  Hughes appeared to have turned things round by reaching the Carling Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win against Arsenal and following that with a 2-1 triumph over Chelsea. But City then drew 3-3 at struggling Bolton and the hammering at White Hart Lane has now forced his bosses' hand.

  City have lost just twice this season but are currently eighth in the Premier League after a run of eight draws.

  The performances of some of the high-profile stars like Robinho and Emmanuel Adebayor have not helped Hughes. But he has also spent big on a defence that has already shipped 24 goals in the league.

  City defender PABLO ZABALETA has signed a new 4½-year deal with the club.

• zocoss

  19 Dec 09, 10:59

  Those in the running for the job... Guus Hiddink, Jurgen Klinsmann and even Mourinho... Arsene Wenger is probably the most unlike choice for City...

   

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 11:27

  i dont even know why is he appointed for the job in the first place?

  when he have hundreds of million to spend and he bought strikers like cruz instead of going for big names, i knew something was wrong with him.

• zocoss

  19 Dec 09, 12:03

  I think its partly because they didn't want to come as City are not in the champions league and are not as attractive in terms of club name yet? 

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 12:09

  i thought, anyone with common sense will know that with money, we can buy world class players, but surprisingly mr mark of man city doesnt think so.

• Rock^Star

  19 Dec 09, 12:28

  just brings to mind that at the time when abramovich bought over chelsea in 2003....it was a three horse race among man u, pool and arsenal. Spurs, aston villa, chelsea were nowhere. And then chelsea managed to squeeze into the top 4 and Champions League followed, and of course world class players came too.

   

  These days, EPL still has the Big Four with the addition of chelsea. And they also have Spurs and Man City on the rise. Aston Villa are dark horses. It will soon be the Big Seven.

   

  Mark Hughes just doesnt have an easy job. It would be interesting to see what Hiddink or Klinnsman can do for City if they were ever appointed lol.

• Rooney9

  19 Dec 09, 12:35

  klinnsman did well for the german national team, but his record at bayern was average, considering bayern is a top team in german league.

   

  I think its better to appoint hiddink, his track record are superd wherever he go.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  19 Dec 09, 12:43

  Lolx 
  
  
  if wenger were to go city . oooooo that nt going to happen
  
  
  yes finally hughes is going to axed
  
  
  
  who would wan to manage man city???? any idea?

• MaNyZeR

  19 Dec 09, 12:44

  No possible at all...

  Wenger would not go to city at all... who the hell is bridge, toure and lescott.. spending so much money on defence and yet the defence is always not there...

  anyway, i think hiddink might be a more suitable candidate for the hot seat... other than that, not wenger, not mourinho... maybe klinsman can do it too...

• dukedracula

  19 Dec 09, 13:56

  about time....money is one component, a good manager is another....

• dragg

  19 Dec 09, 15:04

  it is time he goes.

   

• Breakingstyle

  19 Dec 09, 15:59

  robert mancini

  frank rijkaard

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 16:19

  frank is in turrkey now

• brokenluv

  19 Dec 09, 16:21

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

   

  These days, EPL still has the Big Four with the addition of chelsea. And they also have Spurs and Man City on the rise. Aston Villa are dark horses. It will soon be the Big Seven.

  
  The big seven reminds of the big seven of serie A last time. Internazionale, Ac Milan, Juventus, Parma, Fiorentina, Lazio, Roma.

  So now BPL also got the 7 liao. Interesting.

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 16:27

  last time lazio really impressive!

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 16:28

  Klinsmann, Hiddink to step in as Man City to sack Hughes

  

  
  

  Mark Hughes is set to be dumped by Manchester City this weekend, it has been revealed.

  The Sun says chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and owner Sheikh Mansour finally lost faith following City's 3-0 drubbing at Tottenham on Wednesday.

  Guus Hiddink and Jurgen Klinsmann are understood to be on City's wanted list of replacements for Sparky.

  Russia coach Hiddink excelled as Chelsea's stand- in boss last season and his agent yesterday claimed there has already been contact from City.

  But former Germany chief Klinsmann is also in the frame - especially as he is currently out of management.

  Hughes, 46, was appointed as City boss in June 2008 and has spent £250million on the team. But the club's Abu Dhabi owners have not seen the return on their investment they were expecting.

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 16:29

  Sunderland boss Bruce: Crazy Hughes under pressure at Man City

  Sunderland boss Steve Bruce says it's crazy that Mark Hughes' job is under threat at Manchester City.

  The two clubs face-off today.

  Bruce said: "You hate to see managers who just go into clubs for six or eight months and then just be judged on one transfer window.

  "Surely you have to be better than that but who knows with football these days? I go back all the years to when I worked under Sir Alex.

  "He got something like five years - not one transfer window or one result - because the people who employed him knew, eventually, he would get it right.

  "I hope the people who employ me - and I think they are good people - can see we have made progress."

• Poignant

  19 Dec 09, 19:16

  Arsenal boss Wenger struggles to wave away Man City link

  

  
  

  After being linked with Manchester City yesterday, Arsene Wenger cannot guarantee his future at Arsenal.

  The Daily Star says City’s football administrator and former Arsenal star Brian Marwood has persuaded owner Sheikh Mansour that Frenchman Wenger is the man to take the club into the big time.

  Wenger said: “I live every day thinking I will stay my whole life where I am, but somewhere I know it can end.

  “It’s funny because the older you get the more you’re conscious of that.”

  Wenger said he planned to honour his contract, which runs until the end of next season.

  Pressed if he ever thought of managing another club, he added: “Well, I don’t know yet, frankly. I’ve never decided yet.

  “If Arsenal say to me, ‘You’ve got to go,’ I will say I’d still like to work in football, of course.”

• zocoss

  19 Dec 09, 19:57

   

  TEVEZ BACKS HUGHES `100 PER CENT`

  

  
  

  Tevez insist he is "100 per cent" behind Hughes.

  
  
  

  Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has urged the club's owners to keep faith with Mark Hughes, insisting he is "100 per cent" behind the manager.

  Newspaper reports on Saturday suggest Hughes will be sacked regardless of City's result against Sunderland, with the agent of former Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink claiming City have already made an approach to his client.

  But Tevez, who signed for City in the summer after a two-year stint with their rivals United, believes the club need to be "a bit patient".

  "When I first joined the club I had a long chat with Mark Hughes and he gave me a vision of how the club was going to go forward," Tevez told the Daily Telegraph.

  "The reason I joined was because I believe in his vision. I believe in what he had to say."

  The Argentina international added: "I understand the desire to be the best.

  "I believe in the club. I also believe in Mark. We will be a big club. I'm 100 per cent behind the manager. I'm really surprised that a question about his future even exists at such an early stage.

  "Of course, we can do even more. Every team in the Premier League will say they can do better and we are no exception. But the team is in transition with a lot of new players coming in and we have had a lot of injuries.

  "It will not happen straight away but I will assure you of one major point. I will give the club, the fans and Mark Hughes my 100 per cent support.

  "We need to have stability and calm to allow the club to move forward. People should not panic. There is a great desire and atmosphere to achieve that exists and that comes from the manager." 

   

• zocoss

  20 Dec 09, 10:46

  MANCHESTER CITY have appointed Roberto Mancini as manager after sacking Mark Hughes.

  The former Inter Milan coach has been handed a three-and-a-half year contract to replace Hughes.