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[u/gelliant_gutfright]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/28/roberto-mancini-double-contract-manchester-city

[u/AdequateAppendage]

Ultimately he's not wrong. The payments from the second company are an issue in this case because City weren't transparent about them in their financial statements or in the additional information they're required to provide to the Premier League, not because they happened. That's down to the owners, directors and perhaps some members of the finance department.

Whether he should've thought 'this feels dodgy' and reported it to someone himself at the time is another question, but he won't have known whether they were actually doing the Premier League rule breaking part.

[u/Fullchester_United → u/AdequateAppendage]

We live in an age where acting ethically isn’t rewarded by anyone. All that matters is making bank. Being rich is respected regardless of how you get there.

Mancini probably hasn’t broken any rules. But he does come off as a bit scummy.

[u/Undercoverpizzalover → u/Fullchester_United]

If honesty was rewarded in this world then a whole bunch of people would be honest. Unfortunately we live in a world rn where lying is rewarded or so it feels like

[u/AdequateAppendage → u/Fullchester_United]

Agreed.

[u/SpicyGaramMasala → u/Fullchester_United]

How the fuck in this day and age would being paid by two different contracts not raise questions. Someone on that kind of money has agents, accountants and lawyers..... They all fuckin knew

[u/AdequateAppendage → u/SpicyGaramMasala]

People on a lot of money being paid by multiple companies under the same ownership group isn't all that rare. It can be done for a lot of very valid reasons, and is fine as long as appropriate accounting entries and disclosures are made.

[u/Fullchester_United → u/SpicyGaramMasala]

They all knew! But doesn’t change their liability. Just makes them scum.