Roberto Mancini will be sacked by Manchester City this week

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Roberto Mancini will be sacked as Manchester City manager this week, with the Italian potentially losing his job before Tuesday’s Premier League trip to Reading.

With City suffering an FA Cup Final humiliation at the hands of relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic on Saturday, it is understood that the club’s Abu Dhabi hierarchy have now lost confidence in Mancini’s ability to take the team forward.

While his departure has yet to be confirmed, the Telegraph understands that his contract will be terminated before City depart for a post-season trip to the United States next Monday and that the home game against Norwich City on May 19 will be his last -- unless the club acts before the Reading clash.

Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini is set to be named as Mancini’s successor, with City last week accelerating efforts to recruit the Chilean due to enquiries in his availability from Barcelona. Mancini’s position had been in doubt for weeks following his failure to meet his two pre-season targets of winning the Premier League title and progressing from the Champions League group stages.

But his prospects appeared to take a nosedive two weeks ago when it emerged that City’s sporting director Txiki Begiristain had met Pellegrini’s agent, Jesus Martinez, in Madrid. Mancini admitted he had no idea about the reasons for the meeting before conceding City chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak had given no assurances over his
future.

But after Ben Watson’s 90th minute had sent City to defeat at Wembley on Saturday, Mancini’s anger at being kept in the dark over his future was borne out with critical comments about the board’s handling of the speculation over his job.“You (media) continue to speak about this for six months and there has been too much in the last two weeks,” Mancini said. “I don’t know why the club hasn’t stopped this because it is not correct and I don’t think it is true. \"It is rubbish this speculation. I will still be here next season. It is rubbish, but I know football and know that everything can happen.“But if it is true, we will know in the next two weeks. If it isn’t, this is stupid(speculation).“If it is true, then I am stupid for not believing this. Maybe next Sunday, when the season is finished, we will know then.”

Mancini’s hopes of seeing out the remaining four years of his £7.5m-a-year contract are over, however, with the only issue now revolving around the timing of his dismissal.

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Roberto Mancini will be sacked as Manchester City manager this week, with the Italian potentially losing his job before Tuesdayu2019s Premier League trip to Reading.

With City suffering an FA Cup Final humiliation at the hands of relegation-threatened Wigan Athletic on Saturday, it is understood that the clubu2019s Abu Dhabi hierarchy have now lost confidence in Manciniu2019s ability to take the team forward.

Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini is set to be named as Manciniu2019s successor, with City last week accelerating efforts to recruit the Chilean due to enquiries in his availability from Barcelona. Manciniu2019s position had been in doubt for weeks following his failure to meet his two pre-season targets of winning the Premier League title and progressing from the Champions League group stages.

But his prospects appeared to take a nosedive two weeks ago when it emerged that Cityu2019s sporting director Txiki Begiristain had met Pellegriniu2019s agent, Jesus Martinez, in Madrid. Mancini admitted he had no idea about the reasons for the meeting before conceding City chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak had given no assurances over his
future.

But after Ben Watsonu2019s 90th minute had sent City to defeat at Wembley on Saturday, Manciniu2019s anger at being kept in the dark over his future was borne out with critical comments about the boardu2019s handling of the speculation over his job.u201cYou (media) continue to speak about this for six months and there has been too much in the last two weeks,u201d Mancini said. u201cI donu2019t know why the club hasnu2019t stopped this because it is not correct and I donu2019t think it is true. "It is rubbish this speculation. I will still be here next season. It is rubbish, but I know football and know that everything can happen.u201cBut if it is true, we will know in the next two weeks. If it isnu2019t, this is stupid(speculation).u201cIf it is true, then I am stupid for not believing this. Maybe next Sunday, when the season is finished, we will know then.u201d

Manciniu2019s hopes of seeing out the remaining four years of his u00a37.5m-a-year contract are over, however, with the only issue now revolving around the timing of his dismissal.