Mancini wants more control at City

Roberto Mancini has called for Manchester City bosses to give him more authority to guarantee success next season.

The Italian is demanding more power in terms of transfer dealings as well as in determining how the club is run, citing Sir Alex Ferguson’s control at rivals Manchester United as the perfect model.

“I agree with him [Ferguson], but he has been at United for a long time so for him it is easy,” Mancini said.

The City manager appears eager to push away from a director of football model and wants more of the influence currently enjoyed by both chief executive Garry Cook and football administrator Brian Marwood to be bestowed on himself.

Mancini was asked if he shared the same views as his bosses.

“I think so, because we want to win. Maybe we had a different way but now we have a good relationship,” he said.

“Maybe because I think this way, and Garry another way, but this is normal when you work with other people. We have all the same targets. We want to win and we work for this.”

“It is different [in England] from Italy and I prefer the English style because if the manager loses, the manager is sacked, and for this I think the manager needs to take every decision and if he makes mistakes, he pays for it.”

“Maybe I need to have more control of the team and the other situations. For a manager, that’s very important. Maybe if I win the Premier League this season, it will be different.”

“It’s important for the manager to have control over the players and the medical staff and the other situations. [The situation] can improve.”

Mancini’s hand appears to have been forced by frustration at a lack of movement in the transfer market as the Manchester club prepare for their first ever season in the Champions League.

The club have thus far only been able to bring in Montenegrin defender Stefan Savic and Frenchman Gael Clichy and, as the saga surrounding Carlos Tevez’s transfer continues to rage on, City’s transfer market activity appears to have stalled.

Mancini is adamant that movement is required, however, to enable the club to challenge on both Premier League and Champions League fronts next season, and is calling for more autonomy to ensure that they can.

“For a team like us, it’s important to move quickly and to move before the end of the season,” the City boss stressed.

“If you move before then you have no problem in June and July. Maybe I can be disappointed about this.”

“It is important for new players to work with the squad here [in the United States]. At the moment, we are not ready to compete for the title, but maybe in two weeks we will be ready.”