Roberto Mancini has brushed aside renewed questions over the alleged second contract linked to his Manchester City reign, as the club’s long-running financial rules case continues to cast a shadow over one of the most successful spells in its modern history.
Key takeaways
- Mancini says reports about his City contract are not something that concerns him.
- The former City manager was alleged to have received payments beyond his declared £1.45 million salary.
- Those claims centred on consultancy work for a club in Abu Dhabi during his time in Manchester.
- City face allegations concerning the reporting of payments to players and staff from 2009-10 to 2017-18.
- The club have consistently denied the accusations, with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak again backing that stance in a message to supporters.
Mancini dismisses revived contract question
Speaking while with the Italy national side in Turkey, Mancini said the issue had surfaced often enough over the years. “It is not something I am worried about,” he said.
He added that the matter reappears “every four or five years” and argued that Manchester City were not at fault. Mancini said any question over a dual arrangement would be for the club rather than for him.
The claims date back to documents published in 2018 which suggested that Mancini’s official annual City salary of £1.45 million had effectively been doubled through advisory work for an Abu Dhabi club.
A case reaching back across City’s title-winning years
Mancini managed City from 2009 until 2013, a period that changed the shape of the club’s ambitions and its place in the English game. He delivered the FA Cup in 2011 before guiding City to the Premier League title in 2012.
His spell ended shortly after City lost the 2013 FA Cup final to Wigan, with the Italian dismissed within days of that defeat.
The alleged contract arrangements form part of the wider scrutiny around City’s financial case. Among the charges are claims that the club failed to provide proper information on payments made to players and managers across the period from the 2009-10 campaign through to 2017-18.
Manchester City have repeatedly rejected the allegations. Al Mubarak has also restated the club’s position in a recent letter to supporters, as the dispute continues.
