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Paper ban by City
09:45, Dec 23 2009
Manchester City have banned newspapers at their training ground after being stunned by the negative publicity surrounding their appointment of Roberto Mancini as Mark Hughes' successor.
The club believe the players may be unsettled by the banner headlines and have decided not to allow newspapers into the venue.
City have also have insisted they did not lie to fans over when they approached Mancini to become their new manager.
Mancini revealed on Monday he had met City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak two weeks ago but club chief executive Garry Cook said negotiations with the Italian only began on Thursday last week - two days before Mark Hughes was sacked.
Cook did state the decision to consider replacing Hughes was taken three weeks ago but fans have contacted City to complain about the club's conduct.
As a result, City have issued a statement saying Cook "absolutely" did not lie to fans.
The statement said: "Garry Cook and new manager Roberto Mancini together took to the stage to give journalists and, more importantly, our fans the complete picture of the events of the past few days and weeks.
"The outcome was characterised in way which has suggested that the football club and Garry Cook has lied to its fans. Manchester City would like to point out that this is absolutely not the case."
The statement points out Cook stated during Monday's press conference that "the decision to look at managerial options was taken only three weeks ago after the Hull game, but I think it is important for people to know that Roberto was only offered the job after the Spurs game; we negotiated on Thursday and finalised his agreement on Friday".
Mancini, when questioned on when he was first contacted by the club, replied: "Two weeks ago, I met Khaldoon for the first time. But they called me the day after the Tottenham game. Not before."
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