The media are having a field day with this but the tabloids can't resist a bit of mischief making. The story featured this morning is that Mancini's own son, Fillipo, also refused to come on as substitute. This must be extremely embarrassing for Mancini senior. However, I can't help but feel sorry for him regarding this insipid piece from the Daily Mrror (mistake is deliberate as not sure if I can be done for libel).
The incident with Fillipo Mancini occurred six weeks ago in a match in Hyde for Man City reserves against Liverpool reserves. 20 year old Fillipo doesn't actually have a contract with Man City and was only involved as part of a pre-season warm up to aid his fitness. He played in the Italian fourth tier last season and the only association with Man City is that his father is the head coach. He was due to be brought on after 80 minutes and he refused. Considering this was a match to improve his fitness and would have zero benefit to Man City it is hardly relevant to the Tevez saga. The only objective is to weaken Mancini's position. Maybe as Richard Keys famously said, "There are some dark forces at work".
This kind of so-called journalism really annoys me as people will only read the headlines and the tabloids prey on this. Their mind is made up and the whole thing becomes a PR disaster for the innocent party. Enough moaning, it's the beginning of a great football weekend. Check back here for my views on what promises to be another very exciting program with the Merseyside and North London derbies the pick of the bunch.
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