Manchester City Roberto Mancini said Friday he is confident the club will act quickly in the transfer market in the close season to make up for a disappointing season. Manchester United's title win was confirmed with their 3-0 victory over Aston Villa on Monday and they lead City by 16 points going into the weekend.
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Mancini's side have an FA Cup final against Wigan to look forward to but in the league they have made an underwhelming defence of last season's title.
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The Italian manager has frequently discussed his anger at the club failing to sign the players he wanted after winning the league and he is sure those errors will not be repeated.
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Mancini said: "I think that when you build your team you need to start like in this case, we are in the end of this championship, we have time, but not a lot of time. We should have our targets in mind.
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"You should move very quickly. We didn't do this last year. We moved so slowly. We lost the players that were our targets to improve our team.
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We should have moved more quickly.
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"It is important to build your team from the basement, when you start in the market you need to buy important players that can help you.
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"They deserve to win this title because they won a lot of games in a row. The crucial moment was when we played QPR, Liverpool, Southampton.
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"That moment we had big problems with our players injured. We lost key points. United have more attitude than us, as a club, as a team."
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Although Mancini is keen to start his transfer business quickly, he insists now is not the time to discuss whether Carlos Tevez or Gareth Barry, who each have a year left on their contracts, will be getting new deals.
I hope he is not saying that to escape Manchester City's sack if they decide to...He doesn't even know yet if his job is safe