Liverpool director Brendan Rodgers has emerged a surprise choice to take over Roberto Mancini's post at the Etihad. The Mirror feels the upper Irishman is being lined up by Manchester City and will be offered the post even though Mancini, who led the Citizens to a primary league championship in 44 years last year, wins the FA Cup in-may. As they are beaten by arch-rivals Manchester United to the Premier League crown with four activities at hand town have endured an undesirable year, relative to the peaks of the final campaign, and watched helplessly. Additionally, Mancini couldn't stop a second successive group period exit from the Champions League, though he is able to point to the presence of Spanish, German and Dutch category champions - Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax - in his group as a mitigating factor. Last season's English winners have just the FA Cup left to gain this season and they play Wigan Athletic in the final on 11 Might. All this means the Italian's place is under severe scrutiny, with chief executive Ferran Soriano and sporting director Txiki Begiristain both reportedly unimpressed with his work to date. Soriano and Begiristain were appointed from Catalan giants Barcelona and have now been tasked with re-creating the Nou Camp club's achievement at the Etihad. Temporary Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez and Ajax's Frank de Boer are also connected to Mancini's position but the favourite is believed to be Rodgers. The former Swansea City chef was connected to City even before he took charge at the Liberty Stadium, when he was approached to participate Mancini's technical team. Joleon Lescott on World Cup Odds Meanwhile, out-of-favour centre-back Joleon Lescott feels he might need to keep City in the summertime, to keep his dreams of playing for England alive. The 30-year-old was a vital person in the club's title-winning team a year ago but his position has since been usurped by summertime signing Matija Nastasic. Lescott has begun only 13 Premier League games to date this year and knows she must be considered a standard beginning to own any possibility of which makes it to the England squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. "It would be hard to possess another year like this. I just got within the last group automagically. You can not be prepared to play for England if you're not playing for your club," the defender explained, putting, "But as long as I am here, I am very happy to execute a job for the membership and the group. I had want to remain here but if it's never to be, then so be it." Lescott has been linked with a come back to former membership Everton.
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