Mancini Steps Down

[Jarg Armani]

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Mancini To Step Down In May

There has been some stunning fallout from Inter's defeat to Liverepool this evening. The Nerazzurri have not only lost the tie, but also look set to lose their coach.

 

Inter coach Roberto Mancini has just confirmed that he will be stepping down as the coach of the club at the end of the season.

 

"I want to reveal something," he began, speaking after the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool. "I want to say it clearly to avoid any controversy.

 

"At the end of the season I will terminate my contract [which has four more years on it], and I will leave Inter.

 

"These will be my last two months on the Inter bench, and I hope to finish well by winning the Scudetto and the Coppa Italia.

 

"The decision has already been communicated to the players in the dressing room at the end of the match."

 

He insisted, however, that the step has nothing to do with the defeat to Liverpool, and that his mind had already been made up.

 

"This decision would have been made even if we had won. It doesn't depend on tonight's defeat," he concluded.

 

There have been calls for Mancini's head from certain quarters, but the timing of the announcement will have caught even the harshest of his critics by surprise.

 

Frank Barrone, Goal.com

[Guest Prongsy]

Nothing to do with the defeat, yeah right. Just decided to come out with it, kevin keegan style, on the night of the loss...

[stressederic]

It'd be nice if their season imploded now.

[hagi_complex]

Mourinho lined up for the Inter job? I can see Moratti flattering his ego much more than Berlusconi would. Although it looks like both the Madrid (playing style?) and Barca (playing style? history?) jobs will be up for grabs in the summer too. The summer should be very interesting on the managerial merry-go-round.

Edited March 12, 2008 by hagi_complex

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

thought the a****** was gonna takeoff with all of the flapping he was doing at the ref in the first half for cards

[John am Rhein]

Imaginary card wielding tw*t

[Tosh]

Imaginary card wielding tw*t

Be fair, he got what he wanted. Burdisso, for one....