This isn't good news for Inter. With the new season coming up, the last thing you need are worries about your manager jumping ship due to beef with him and the new owners. And this comes from a man who has viewed Mancini as an overrated manager.
For his glories at Inter (during Calciopoli) and City (won it on the last day, last kick), those were not enough for me to say he is a great manager. It was either fortuitous or due to luck. He's never fully deserved a trophy by pure coaching ability. There was always an asterisk behind the trophies that he has won.
Last season, I changed my tune slightly. The way in which Inter started it impressed me. Mancini didn't have the one team league he had the last time he was at Inter, and was not blessed with riches when at City. He had to, for the first time, do some actual coaching and get the best out of the players he had.
Proper management...Alex Ferguson style.
They started really well, playing a very pragmatic and economical style that allowed them to grind through games. He had a very specific system and strategy that produced results, and it looked like Inter could go all the way.
Unfortunately, you need a bit of magic and skill to last the distance which they didn't have, so they fell by the wayside as Juventus, did what they have done too many teams in the Serie A. Still, Mancini had proven himself as a manager and by getting some important additions, they could be the one true threat to Juventus.
So they get Banega, and I'm like, Inter are serious, we could potentially have an exciting title race. Then I hear that his future is uncertain?
Not good.
I wasn't ready to proclaim Inter as favorites as you have to respect the team who have dominated this league for so many seasons. But you can at least get excited with the likes of Banega, Eder, Perisic and so forth in a team that started so well last season.
For the sake of Inter, and the Serie A, Mancini and the new owners need to sort out their differences and pull together to make Inter Milan mount a proper challenge and try and knock Juventus off their perch. You can't do that if you don't know whether your manager will stay or leave. HH
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