Roberto Mancini has slammed the spreading of misinformation surrounding his resignation as CT of the Italy national team and his subsequent appointment as head coach of Saudi Arabia.
In a long post on his official instagram page, Mancini claimed that he first began talking to representatives from Saudi Arabia on August 18, which is five days after he stepped down from his position with Italy.
The 58-year-old was officially unveiled as the new Saudi head coach on Sunday evening, exactly two weeks after he left the Azzurri set-up.
Mancini wrote: “I want to thank all of you for the great support and true friendship you have shown me, especially in these hectic last few hours and days.
He continued: “Many of you have asked me about the reason for my exit from the national team and the timing of my new signing. I guess some of you have been confused by the press. On the other hand, misinformation and manipulation have been around for a long time.
“The timing is something that I have already said yesterday in the press conference, i.e. the real and concrete contact with the representatives of the Saudi Federation dates back to August 18th, nothing earlier.
“Furthermore, those who really know football know that the time it takes to reach an agreement is always extremely fast, even just a few days.”
He will never get that kind of money elsewhere.He made the best decision for his goals in life .Whatever he did he will always get criticism .
Why did it leave ,very simple he was not able to bring his team to winning.
On paper Italy has a winning team all they want to a leader that can bring them to winning .You can have all the talents on a team the trick is to work as a team and win .
Good luck to him in Saudi Arabia.
Mark my words , Italy will rise and dominate this Mondial
Frank
Montreal
He can do whatever he wants, but is he Saudi did not put anything on the table before he spoke to them?
It’s very likely he received an offer, resigned, and then negotiated/accepted the offer. But hey, whatever floats his boat.