Roberto Mancini has dismissed any personal concern over Manchester City’s financial breach verdict, insisting the controversy belongs to the club and not to him.
Mancini Waves Off Manchester City Guilty Verdict: “Not a Problem That Concerns Me”
The former City manager, who now coaches the Italy national team, addressed the issue while on international duty at the Stade de France.
“No. I already spoke about it the other night. It’s not something that concerns me. It’s City’s problem, unfortunately,”
Mancini said. “It’s not a problem that concerns me.”
An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of 114 of the 115 alleged Premier League financial rule breaches.
The charges include a failure to declare accurate payment figures to players and managers between 2009 and 2018 a period that covers Mancini’s reign at the Etihad Stadium.
The allegations trace back to a 2018 Der Spiegel report claiming Mancini’s £1.45million base salary was effectively doubled through a side arrangement to advise an Abu Dhabi-based club.
The Telegraph recently reported that City allegedly sidestepped around £12 million in tax and National Insurance on the Italian’s pay.
Mancini, however, remains unfazed. “Manchester City is not guilty,” he said in an earlier interview.
“And the fact of having a double contract isn’t my problem but theirs, probably.”
The irony of Mancini’s involvement in City’s darkest chapter is stark. Appointed after the 2008 takeover, he ended the club’s 44-year wait for a league title in 2012 and won the FA Cup a year earlier. The club sacked him in 2013.
Manchester City has rejected all accusations and confirmed it has lodged an appeal against the commission’s ruling.
The club insists the verdict is unsafe, while its former manager watches the fallout from a comfortable distance.
