If Mario Balotelli had left his "Why Always Me?" T- shirt behind in Manchester, his former manager Roberto Mancini might well have fancied wearing it on Friday.
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The Manchester City boss, who used to joke that all his news conferences started with questions about fellow Italian Balotelli before the striker's move to AC Milan last month, greeted the new must-ask query about his future at the English champions with an expletive.
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"I cannot continue to answer about this every week," he fumed after first swearing when asked about media reports suggesting Malaga's Manuel Pellegrini could be in line to take over at City at the end of the season.
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"I don't understand the reason for this - why would Manchester City change their manager? For which reasons?
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"In the last 18 months after 2011 since Manchester United won the Premier League and we won the FA Cup, there were seven trophies (to play for) and Manchester City won three of those," he added, referring to the league, FA Cup and Community shield.
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"I'm not the chairman or CEO, if you want to ask these questions maybe ask them."
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City could be 15 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester United by the time they host third-placed Chelsea on Sunday (1330 GMT) but Mancini said they were not merely scrapping for the runners-up spot.
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"Our target is of course the battle to win the Premier League, we don't play (for) second," he said.
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City have 53 points from 26 games, four more than Sunday's visitors, and anything other than victory over Chelsea will leave Mancini facing yet more questions about his future.
people should leave him alone. his job is for him right now