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Mancini Brushes Off Man City Financial Scandal: ‘Not a Problem That Concerns Me’
Former Manchester City manager and current Italy coach Roberto Mancini says he is unconcerned about being implicated in the financial rule-breaking scandal engulfing the English club, which on Friday said it was appealing the verdict. In his latest comments on the issue, Mancini said: "It’s not a problem that concerns me" — despite appearing to acknowledge last weekend before a Nations League match in Turkey that he had "a double contract" as City coach from 2009-13. Among the raft of charges that City has faced is an alleged failure to provide accurate details for player and manager payments between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. In 2018, German magazine Der Spiegel published evidence showing Mancini doubled his base salary of 1.45 million pounds (now $1.9 million) for advising a club in Abu Dhabi. City has been accused of potentially avoiding paying about 12 million pounds ($16 million) in income tax and national insurance in relation to Mancini's salary, The Telegraph reported this week. Mancini was asked if he was worried about the case ahead of Italy's match in France on Friday. "No. I already spoke it about the other night. It’s not something that concerns me. It’s City’s problem, unfortunately," Mancini said late Thursday at the Stade de France. "It’s not a problem that concerns me," Mancini added, repeating himself. "Look, really. I already said it the other day in Turkey." In Turkey, Mancini said that "Manchester City is not guilty and the fact of having a double contract isn’t my problem but theirs, probably." Mancini led City to its first titles after Abu Dhabi’s ruling family had bought the club in 2008, winning the FA Cup in 2011 and in 2011-12 coaching the team to its first Premier League title in a half century. He was fired days after a shocking loss to Wigan in the FA Cup final in 2013. City has protested its innocence throughout the long-running case, which reached a milestone Tuesday when the Premier League published a verdict saying the club was "guilty of all charges related to serious breaches" of the competition’s financial rules from 2009-18. Reporting by The Associated Press.
Solbergs tittelhåp lever
Oliver Solberg sikret seg en god posisjon på resultatlista etter fredagens fartsrunder i Rally Italia.
Etter sju fartsprøver ligger Solberg på 3.-plass med 12,3 sekunder opp til den belgiske lederen Thierry Neuville. Franske Adrien Fourmaux innehar 2.-plassen med 0,4 sekunder opp til teten.
Svensk-norske Solberg er nummer tre i VM-sammendraget, 21 poeng bak Elfyn Evans og 4 bak Sami Pajari. Trioen kjemper om VM-gullet denne helgen. Det er maksimalt 35 poeng å hente på Rally Italia, som er det avsluttende løpet for sesongen.
Seks fartsprøver skal kjøres lørdag, mens rallyet avsluttes med fire fartsprøver søndag.
Rallyet på Sardinia skulle egentlig vært det nest siste i sesongen, men Rally Saudi-Arabia har mistet VM-status på grunn av situasjonen i midtøsten. Det gjør det vanskeligere for Solberg å nå til topps, men han håper fortsatt.
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‘Rather make no trade than a bad trade’: Friedman on potential deals
Dan Campbell: We were "very much in on" Joey Porter Jr.
Prior to Wednesday's trade sending cornerback Joey Porter Jr. from the Steelers to the Cowboys, there were reports of interest in Porter from other teams as well.
The Lions were one of the teams mentioned in those reports and head coach Dan Campbell confirmed them during a Friday press conference.
Campbell said, via multiple reporters, that the Lions were "very much in on" Porter prior to Pittsburgh's deal with Dallas. He said everything has to "align" for a deal to reach the finish line, however, and the Cowboys were able to get there first by sending a pair of draft picks to the Steelers.
The Lions' interest in cornerback help is easy to understand. The release of Terrion Arnold left them without an expected starter in the defensive backfield and it stands to reason that they'll continue looking at possible ways to bolster the group ahead of the trade deadline.