“Mourinho is not my chairman, he is jealous” – Mancini

Roberto Mancini, has reacted furiously to Jose Mourinho’s comments, after Manchester City were dumped out of the Champions League. The Portuguese had claimed that if he was in Mancini’s position, he would have been sacked the next morning.

“Mourinho is not my chairman. He is not my owner. What Mourinho said is for me not interesting. Mourinho wants to talk about everything. For me, it is not important,” Mancini said.

“Sometimes it could be (jealousy). But I will not stay here 20 years. In this moment, I am here and we are working well.”

City’s next game is on Sunday against Chelsea, who have just replaced Roberto Di Matteo with Rafa Benitez. Mancini will be hoping to extend their unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge.

“I don’t know the Chelsea owner Abramovich,” he said. “All I can say is I am happy to work with my owners and chairman. They are good men, they understand.

“They know it is impossible to win every game. When we lose, they are disappointed like me, or the players. We can’t be happy; we went out of the Champions League.

“But we are not Real Madrid, Manchester United, or Bayern Munich, who used to win every year for 100 years. We are Manchester City. For 35 years we didn’t win; in two years, we won three trophies.”

Mancini also spoke about Benitez. He said: “I know him, not very well. He won trophies in Spain. In England, he won a Champions League with Liverpool.”

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