Mancini quits City for Real
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:10 am....Valladolid B
Andrea Mancini, the son of Manchester City boss Roberto, has completed a move to Spanish side Real Valladolid B.
Mancini junior joined his father at the Etihad Stadium in November 2010, but failed to make a single first-team appearance before being released at the end of last season.
The 19-year-old did, however, get a taste of senior English football, managing five outings during a largely disappointing loan spell at Oldham Athletic, before being farmed out on loan to Italian side Fano last season.
And after completing his move last Friday, the forward has revealed that he jumped at the chance to join Valladolid B.
"When my agent told me about this opportunity, I did not have to think much," he is quoted as saying in Spanish newspaper Marca.
"I knew at Manchester City that I would have few opportunities. In Valladolid I think I will have more opportunities and I will work for it."
Mancini also admitted that there are "good things and bad things" about having such an illustrious father.
"It’s something I do not mind, it has it’s good things and bad things," he added.
"But I am working hard to be myself and at the end of my career I can compare what my father and I have done."
Read more at http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/ ... 0IOgzOp.99
Andrea Mancini, the son of Manchester City boss Roberto, has completed a move to Spanish side Real Valladolid B.
Mancini junior joined his father at the Etihad Stadium in November 2010, but failed to make a single first-team appearance before being released at the end of last season.
The 19-year-old did, however, get a taste of senior English football, managing five outings during a largely disappointing loan spell at Oldham Athletic, before being farmed out on loan to Italian side Fano last season.
And after completing his move last Friday, the forward has revealed that he jumped at the chance to join Valladolid B.
"When my agent told me about this opportunity, I did not have to think much," he is quoted as saying in Spanish newspaper Marca.
"I knew at Manchester City that I would have few opportunities. In Valladolid I think I will have more opportunities and I will work for it."
Mancini also admitted that there are "good things and bad things" about having such an illustrious father.
"It’s something I do not mind, it has it’s good things and bad things," he added.
"But I am working hard to be myself and at the end of my career I can compare what my father and I have done."
Read more at http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/ ... 0IOgzOp.99