Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has appeared to acknowledge the existence of a double contract from his time at the club. The current Italy coach, who led City to their first top-flight title in 50 years during the 2011-12 season, dismissed the matter as not being his concern while responding to questions about the club’s ongoing legal issues with the Premier League. According to but Mancini, who in 2011-12 coached City to their first Premier League title in a half century and is now in charge of Italy, also, What is developing potentially into the biggest scandal in English football his. Also winning the FA Cup in 2011, mancini led City to their first titles after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family bought the club in 2008.
City faces multiple allegations regarding a failure to report accurate manager and player payments between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. In 2018, Der Spiegel published evidence suggesting Mancini had effectively doubled his £1.45m base salary through additional payments for advisory work performed for a club in Abu Dhabi.
Mancini, who also secured the FA Cup in 2011 before his 2013 dismissal following a defeat to Wigan, addressed the reports during a press conference in Turkey ahead of a Nations League fixture. “It is not a problem that concerns me,” he stated, adding that such allegations surface every few years. He insisted the club is “not guilty,” noting that if a double contract existed, it was the club’s issue rather than his own. He was fired by City days after a shocking loss to Wigan in the FA Cup final in 2013.
Manchester City continues to deny all accusations of wrongdoing. Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak reaffirmed the club’s stance in a recent letter to supporters, stating that the Premier League process has a significant duration remaining. He emphasized that the club’s commitment to proving its innocence remains as strong as when the investigation first commenced.
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