He will also demand full power over all transfers in
and out of Eastlands.
Boss Mancini wants to sell Emmanuel Adebayor, Shaun
Wright-Phillips, Wayne Bridge and Stephen Ireland.
A £50million bid for Fernando Torres will kick off his
efforts to reshape the side.
The Italian is close to leading City into the Champions
League for the first time and planning radical changes he regards
as vital to help him lift the Premier League title in 2010-11.
Adebayor, 26, cost £25m from Arsenal last year and has
hit 13 goals in 28 games.
Wright-Phillips, 28, returned to City in August 2008
for £8.5m from Chelsea.
Mancini has started him in only six games, while the
player has been at odds with the manager on the training ground and
with the club over a new contract.
Bridge, 29, cost £10m from Chelsea in January 2009.
His season has been hit by injury and personal problems
involving his ex-fiancee Vanessa Perroncel and former Chelsea pal
John Terry.
Midfielder Ireland, 23, has been with the club since he
was 15.
