Mancini is a huge gamble: I'll see off 20 City bosses, blasts Sir Alex Ferguson

26 December 2009 00:41
Sir Alex Ferguson welcomed new Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini to the Barclays Premier League and hinted he may not last long at Eastlands.[LNB]Mancini takes charge of his first game since taking over from Mark Hughes when Stoke City visit Manchester. [LNB]But, although the Italian has suggested he thinks he can win the league next season, Manchester United boss Ferguson has suggested City's Arab owners will hire and fire at will over the coming years.[LNB]VIDEO: Click here to watch Sir Alex Ferguson's blast at Manchester City over Mark Hughes Confused: Sir Alex has lambasted City's decision as 'unacceptable'[LNB]Told that Mancini is City's 14th manager in his two-and-a-halfdecades at Oold Trafford, Ferguson said: '14th? Is that all? I can'twait for the 20th.[LNB]'This one's a gamble, isn't it? Only time will tell really. It's not an easy league.'[LNB]Despite the manner in which the pair clashed during Hughes's 18months at City, Ferguson was among the first to call his former playeron Monday after seeing the manner in which the one-time Old Traffordstriker was forced to oversee last weekend's win against Sunderlandbefore being officially sacked in the evening. [LNB]  Benzema rejects Chelsea and Man City as he vows to save his Real careerEXCLUSIVE: Don't move yet: Man City may not keep me, warns boss ManciniMancini ready to make old pal Cordoba his first signing at Manchester CityMANCHESTER CITY FC

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