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JAKARTA - The coach of the Italian national team, Roberto Mancini, was also dragged into the case that befell Premier League club Manchester City. He is reportedly secretly coaching two clubs at the same time.

Manchester City was previously rumored to have violated financial rules from the 2009-2010 to 2017-2018 seasons. Unmitigated, the allegations made to the club based at the Etihad Stadium consisted of more than 100 violations.

The Premier League as the competition organizer has conducted intense investigations for four years starting December 2018. In that nine season period, several aspects became the main focus of the Premier League.

The allegations consist of violations of financial information regarding income, details of the remuneration of coaches and players, UEFA regulations, to profitability or how to get the club's profits.

However, quoted from Football Italia, Tuesday, February 7, there is one interesting fact that was found in the City investigation process. This is about the dragging of Roberto Mancini's name in a scandal related to the salary he received.

Manchester City has reportedly doubled Roberto Mancini's salary outside of a written agreement while still training from 2009 to 2013. The case of doubling Mancini's salary turned out to be not without reason.

Mancini's double salary was sent by the club because he was also asked to become a consultant at the Abu Dhabi club, namely Al Jazira. Mancini secretly served his role as a consultant coach for four days in one year at Al Jazira.

From the results of this shadow job, Mancini received a fee of 1.75 million pounds or around Rp. 32 billion per year. At that time, Mancini also received a basic salary of 1.45 million pounds, or around Rp. 27 billion per year as manager of Manchester City.

The proof that Mancini also coached Al Jazira was stated in an email released by German media, Der Spiegel. In the email, the Italy International Services company was seen is seen issuing a quarterly bill for Manchester City.

Later, the salary will be transferred to Abu Dhabi United, a group owned by Sheikh Mansour who is the owner of Manchester City. Then the money will be transferred again to Al Jazira as a fee coach.

Mancini is still silent about his name being dragged into The Citizen's financial case. However, Mancini could be an important witness in the case involving the English Premier League giant club.


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