Pellegrini Set For Manchester City Job

[Folami David]

Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini is in line to take over at Manchester City next season according to reports emerging from Spain on Friday night.
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Madrid sports daily AS claims that City are willing to pay the EUR4 million ($5.2m, £3.4m) release clause in Pellegrini's contract to take him from the financially troubled Spanish club.
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The Chilean, who led Malaga the quarter-finals of the Champions League in their first ever appearance in the competition this season, is thought to have been targeted by former Barcelona sporting director and now director of football at City, Txiki Begiristain.
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Begiristain has been impressed with his success in that competition compared with current manager Roberto Mancini's failure to get City beyond the group stages in the past two seasons.
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Begiristain met with Pellegrini's agent Jesus Martinez last month in Madrid and AS also claim that should Pellegrini move to Manchester that could clear a way for talented Malaga playmaker Isco to become City's latest big-money signing come the end of the season.