Txiki Begiristain, Manchester City's director of basketball, has met the representative of Manuel Pellegrini, the MAlaga coach who is a favoured substitute for replace Roberto Mancini should the Italian leave the club. Begiristain had lunch with JesAs MartAnez in Madrid on Monday but it is recognized that, as numerous players are also represented by the agent, the conference was of a more general character. Mancini's future at City is the balance, with the structure awaiting the end of the period to assess his long-term future at the club. With the FA Cup last at Wembley on 11 May against Wigan Athletic to come, Mancini might maintain the third major prize of his three full months at City to follow last season's Premier League title and the Cup triumph in 2011. If this occurred and the team finished 2nd because they should a' City lead Chelsea by six points with only four suits left a then Mancini's hand would be considerably strengthened. However, even in this scenario he will need certainly to go Abu Dhabi soon after the growing season ends for discussions with Begiristain, Ferran Soriano, the chief executive, and the chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, regarding his place. Even though Mancini still holds considerable power at the club, it's Begiristain and Soriano who've started driving City's long-term approach, with the pair behind the possible introduction of a fresh 4-3-3 playing formation for next year, and they are also working closely together on bolstering the squad this summer. Mancini has consistently stated that City shouldn't repeat the mistakes of a year ago when the membership didn't land four of his five first choices, which included Robin van Persie and Eden Hazard. Last week he said: "From now to 30 August we [must] work nicely and in contrast to last year. Perhaps we may do better because for two years we worked well, we'd our targets and we got our targets. It is maybe not important and then work well on the frequency, it is important you start to work well. It's important to not create a mistake on new participants. We must do everything well." Chelsea have expressed a pastime in Pellegrini possibly replacing Rafael BenAtez this summer, with the Chilean suggesting he might keep MAlaga in the close time, due to uncertainty at the club, who fell behind in paying his salary.
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