Source: Daily_Mail
Manchester City's fight club hit with fines by Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini has underlined his tough-guy image at Manchester City by fining the four players recently involved in training ground bust-ups. [LNB]City's Italian manager has clashed with several members of his first-team squad over training methods but has always stood by his approach. [LNB] Round one: Mario Balotelli (left) and Jerome Boateng came to blows in December[LNB]Fight club I & II Click below to read Sportsmail's reports on the two training-ground bust-ups:[LNB]Balotelli involved in training ground scrap with Man City team-mate Boateng [LNB]Fight Club II: Now Manchester City pair Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor scrap it out [LNB]Now Mancini, whose team sit second inthe Barclays Premier League, has revealed that Kolo Toure, EmmanuelAdebayor, Jerome Boateng and Mario Balotelli have all been docked wagesafter photographers caught them fighting in two separate incidents. [LNB]Asked if he fined the players, Mancini said: 'Yes. We fine them because we mustn't do this (fight) but sometimes it can happen and we fine the player, the player pays and in the end any money may go to charity.[LNB]'It's never serious because it starts and finishes in two minutes and in the dressing room everything is finished.' [LNB]Mancini then joked: 'Sometimes we fight for them (the photographers) so they can sell their pictures.'[LNB]He added: 'Seriously, this happens in every team. The difference is that here we don't have a big wall around the training ground.[LNB] Round two: Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor scrap earlier this month[LNB]Francis on their scrap... 'It was a bit like the incidents we have been seeing on the training ground at City recently,' Trevor Francis told The Sun. 'It happened about a year after I had been there. There was a little incident in a friendly training match that at the time I thought was something and nothing.[LNB]'We had a disagreement on the pitch about it but it continued into the dressing room. We had to be split from each other. Let's just say all the players made sure that it didn't go any further.[LNB]'We made up afterwards and there was no ill feeling, after all we played together for another three years.'[LNB]'I played football for 20 years and I know that in every team sometimes these things can happen, because you train and play at 100 per cent.[LNB]'Did I fight with team-mates? Yes, about five times. One time, when I was young at Sampdoria, I had a fight in training against Trevor Francis. I don't remember the cause of it because it was about 25 years ago but I remember very well the fight.[LNB]'It's important that afterwards it [the argument] was finished. Am I bothered about the pictures or headlines in the newspapers? Absolutely not.'[LNB]Boateng and Balotelli went for each other on the training ground last month, while last week Adebayor and Toure had to be dragged apart.[LNB] Mancini, whose team are at home to Wolves tomorrow, suggested that £27million signing Edin Dzeko needs 'another week of work' before he will be match fit. [LNB] Taking action: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini (right)[LNB] Fight Club II: Now City pair Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor scrap it out City scrappers! Bad boy Balotelli in training ground bust-up with BoatengMancini's January clear-out: Santa Cruz set for Rovers return and SWP can leaveHughes rules out Adebayor reunion but is tight-lipped over Wright-PhillipsCity and United on alert as unsettled Santos star Ganso hits out at club MANCHESTER CITY FC
