News about Roberto Mancini

CRAIG HOPE: The journey that brought Mark Clattenburg on board with the Daily Mail began in the foyer of a social club in Seaham in 2017. He was - not for the first time and, as this week shows, not for the last - at the centre of a media storm. The best referee in the world, he was quitting the Premier League for Saudi Arabia halfway through the season. It was back-page news. Clattenburg, however, had a commitment to give a talk to raise money for a junior football club close to his County Durham home. I bought a ticket and sat at the back of the room. Moments before the scheduled start, he was made aware of my presence and left the stage. He wanted a chat in the foyer. Was I about to get a red card?

Matches have been so bonkers that it would be impossible to recall where you were when the craziness began to unfold for our viewing pleasure. Manchester United's snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on Thursday, allowing Chelsea's Cole Palmer to score twice in the dying seconds of stoppage time. Mail Sport gathered our top maddest games from the Premier League's recent return to action.

The latest international break may be over, but the narratives and discussions surrounding various national teams are only likely to rise in the run-up to Euro 2024. The 24 teams that will be competing in Germany this summer have been confirmed at the conclusion of Tuesday's play-off finals. Among the bookies' favorites to win the tournament are France, England, Germany, and Portugal, which will begin in Munich on June 14th.

IAN LADYMAN: During Covid times when the Premier League's chief executives and chairmen used to meet remotely via Zoom to address the numerous issues connected with lockdown and football behind closed doors, there was a running joke between a few of them. 'We had to choose who to allocate tickets to first when stadiums were slowly opening up with reduced capacity,' one executive told me.' 'We discussed important employees and stuff like that.' And the ruse was that Daniel Levy would honor his company's back before anyone else.'

The former Manchester City manager wanted to see his team advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament. In a penalty shoot-out, there was more drama after a nail-biting game ended 1-1 at the end of extra time. Since Korean goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo saved penalties from Sami Al-Najei and Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Mancini appeared to have seen enough as he walked down the tunnel before the winning penalty was awarded. Now, the boss has apologised by saying: 'I apologise for leaving early, I thought it was finished.' I didn't want to offend anyone.'

The former Manchester City manager was hoping to advance his team to the quarter-finals of the tournament. In a penalty shoot-out, there was also high drama after a nail-biting game ended 1-1 at the end of extra time. South Korea's national team, led by Jurgen Klinsmann, was meanwhile desperate to snap a 64-year Asian Cup drought. After Korean goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo saved penalties from Sami Al-Najei and Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Mancini seemed to have seen enough.

David Beckham and Roberto Mancini are among the well-wishers who have sluggishly called former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson after he revealed that he had been suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer. Sven, a footballer, has been fighting the disease for a year, only informing close family and acquaintances, but he revealed the shocking news during a Swedish radio station interview last week. Since then, his phone has been ringing all around the world, including England, Italy, Portugal, and even China, where he worked for four years. In the living room of his stunning home overlooking a frozen Lake Fryken in Sunne after welcoming us in, he spoke to MailOnline.

INTERVIEW BY JOE BERNSTEIN: Lee Nicholls, a goalkeeper for Huddersfield, has a bittersweet relationship with Manchester City, the team he plays on Sunday. Edin Dzeko and Yaya Toure were among the scorers on his Wigan debut, a 5-0 League Cup loss at the Etihad. The tart is still outweighed by the sweet, despite that. Nicholls was at Wembley with the Wigan team in 2013 to witness one of the greatest FA Cup final shocks when Ben Watson's late winner sank Roberto Mancini's City favorites.

SIMON JORDAN: If Jim Ratcliffe lands at Manchester United, he may do worse than take inspiration from Manchester City. Pep Guardiola has brought the club beyond recognition. They've gone from a championship-winning side under Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini to a team that defy conventional wisdom. Their triumph hasn't purely came from Guardiola, but it has come from the team's ability to have a strong vision and reach the target the club set for. United's needs to think a bit more like City, ironically.

The hangovers had worn off, and Roberto Mancini's Giorgio Armani suit had returned from the dry cleaners, and Italy will have to decide how to protect their Euros crown in Germany after the choruses of 'Football's Coming Rome' subsided, and Italy's Coming Rome's Coming Rome's successor will have to defend their Euros title. What they may not have considered was whether or not they would even qualify. It's been 35 years since the reigning champions failed to qualify for a European championship. The 1980s French team was still mourning the departure of their talisman Michel Platini in 1987, and they failed to make the cut in 1988 having gone all the way in 1984.

The Frenchman had a reputation as a management firebrand, with former coworkers often recollecting examples of his temper flaring. Lescott recounted one fracas in the run-up to the 2011 derby, in which City defeated Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford, when Nasri was dissatisfied with how he had been handled.

Twenty-four hopeful squads will take the plunge in Germany next summer, but 15 of them are yet to be decided. Both England and Scotland have already qualified, but they will need to finish at the top of their groups to ensure the right possible seeding for the final tournament. Wales' fate is in the balance as they fight Croatia for second place in Group D, despite the fact that they are not guaranteed a play-off spot following their Nations League fiasco.

Chelsea's 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur had just about everything you could want from a football match. Six goals were blocked out, five goals were scored, two red cards, seven yellow cards, and a team was tasked with nine men and leaving plenty of gaps in behind, with six men on the field and leaving plenty of holes open. It was an end to an epic for the neutrals, and it should rank as one of the most bonkers games in the English top flight.

Yaya Toure has joined Saudi Arabia as an assistant coach, working with his former Man City boss Roberto Mancini. Despite only joining in June of this year, Toure, who retired from playing in 2019, has left a similar position with Belgian side Standard Liege. Mancini served as City manager from 2009 to 2013, assisting the team in winning their first Premier League title in 2011-12.

The Princess of Wales, 41, seemed to be in high spirits as she talked with other parents in a series of snaps posted on social media. The royal mother-of-three, who had been dressed in rainy weather, opted for a chic £725 Erdem 'Lotus' Striped Cashmere Sweater, which she had worn on several occasions, as she showed her love for Prince George. Prince George is photographed with Kate in 2022 on the left, and on the right, Kate is photographed yesterday during a community visit to 'Dadvengers.'

Paolo di Canio revealed that he turned down Roberto Mancini's Saudi Arabia after being approached by his countryman to become the Middle Eastern country's next assistant manager. Mancini's Saudi Arabian Arabia won only one of his first three games with the former European Championship champion in charge, but the visitors lost in their first match against Nigeria.

Roberto Mancini resigned as Italy's boss in August 2023 after five years as in charge. His greatest feat? In the final at Wembley, his team defeated England in the Euro 2020 campaign. Only three of the starting eleven remain the same from the day to Italy's most recent international fixture, a 4-0 victory over Malta. Experienced figures in Jorginho and Marco Verratti have been dropped, and new talents such as Davide Frattesi and Giacomo Raspadori have been added.

Antonio Conte has denied a 'large' bid to lead in Saudi Arabia as he plans a return to teaching in Italy after leaving his role as Tottenham manager in March. Following a fruitful summer attack on Europe, the Saudi Pro League is seeking to solidify its position as one of the world's top footballing organizations. Roberto Mancini, the former Italy national manager, is now in charge of the Saudi national team, while Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has taken over at Al-Ettifaq.

JAMES SHARPE: It came as a result of an email and began with a betrayal. For the first time since Italy's triumph over England in the final of Euro 2020, they will do so without a familiar face tainted by scandal. Roberto Mancini, the former Manchester City manager who led Italy to glory, has left the helm. He resigned in August and was appointed Saudi Arabia's new coach two weeks later. Both decisions ignited surprise, rage, and confusion in his homeland. Not just in what he had achieved, but also how he did it. Mancini, the man in charge of five years, resigned by email while on holiday. His wife, a lawyer, had called on Gabriele Gravina, the Italian federation's president, to inform him that her husband was dissatisfied and hinting that something may happen. Gravina's mailbox was sent the next day, a Saturday night.

Chances are that if you have been on the internet or checked social media in the last two years, you will have stumbled across a collection of images of footballers ageing gracefully. Despite being 15 years younger, you should know the type and side-by-side photographs of an obscure striker of a mid-table club in the late 1980s who now appears 72. Despite having just turned 23, there are even social media pages dedicated to footballers who seemed to be well into their fifth decade.

According to FIGC President Gabriele Gravina, the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) is considering suing former Italy coach Roberto Mancini. Mancini resigned as the head of the Azzurri in August, just after it was announced that he would take over the Saudi national team in a big-money contract. Gravina said that a meeting of the FIGC's federal council had decided to seek legal help regarding a potential lawsuit to seek damages.

Rui Pinto released hundreds of thousands of documents and emails to media organisations around Europe in 2018, including those of City, which allowed the Premier League to press charges against their current champions. The allegations, which related to financial information regarding player remuneration, financial control, player welfare, UEFA guidelines, profit and sustainability, and Premier League investigation, were announced by the Premier League in February.

Roberto Mancini's first game as head of the Saudi team was postponed due to the death of his team, and he was then barred from performing his regular post-match press duties. Most managers will address both written and broadcast media after every match regardless of the outcome, with only very rare exceptions made. Mancini was forbidden from discussing Tyneside's loss as a result of the blackout. Newcastle United were not interested in the decision. According to Sky Sports, the Saudi government actually ordered the silence. During the international break, the friendly was the first of two hosted at St James' Park, and less than 5,000 supporters were reported to have attended.

Since resigning as Italy's head coach earlier this month, Roberto Mancini has been named as the head coach of Saudi Arabia's men's national team. Mancini announced his appointment on social media, saying, "I made history in Europe, now is the time to make history with Saudi Arabia." The 58-year-old, who will be officially revealed tomorrow, expressed surprise at his appointment and said he was 'honoured' to have been chosen.