City link shocks Ranieri
18 May 2007 - 06:36:20
Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has cooled reports linking him with the vacant managerial post at Manchester City.
Ranieri, who is currently attempting to guide Parma away from the Serie A relegation zone, is out of contract at the end of the season.
The Italian is the favourite to succeed Stuart Pearce at Eastlands, but insists that news surprises him.
"Nobody has contacted me from Manchester City," he told the BBC. "I don't know anything at the moment.
"I love the mentality and atmosphere of English football and want to work there again one day.
"There are a lot of champions, a lot of good teams and the fans are fantastic. I enjoyed my time at Chelsea a lot. But my mind is 100 per cent on Parma right now."
Louis Van Gaal, Ronald Koeman and Gerard Houllier have already ruled themselves out of the running for the post.
