The Italian saw his side finish fifth in the last Barclays Premier League campaign, just missing out on a Champions League place after Tottenham Hotspur pipped them to the post. City came close to some glory however, reaching the semi-finals of the Carling Cup, only to be knocked out by arch-rivals Manchester United.
Mancini has strengthened his squad by bringing in Germany international Jerome Boateng from Hamburg, Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure from Barcelona and Spain’s David Silva from Valencia.
Silva has a World Cup final against Holland to look forward to on Sunday while Boateng and Toure were also on duty for their countries in South Africa.
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Mancini is counting down the days until the new Barclays Premier League campaign gets underway on 14th August.
“Excited? Yes I am,” he told the club’s official website. “Even before I see where we finish in the transfer market and which players come here, I think it will be a good season for us.
“I think we have a squad for success, and our supporters deserve this. Last year we did have a good season.”
And on his dealing in the transfer market so far, Mancini is confident he has made some quality signings that will help the club go one better this season.
“Up to now we have got Boateng, Yaya Toure and David Silva, all three of them good players. Silva and Boateng are very young, a good investment for the club.
“And Yaya has fantastic experience with Barcelona, where he won a lot of trophies.”
With a title bid in his sights, he added: “We need to have the players if we want to reduce the gap with the other teams. We need to bring in players with good quality.”
City will be hoping to get their season off to a flying start when they visit Tottenham on the opening day of the new Barclays Premier League campaign.
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“I think we have a squad for success, and our supporters deserve this” – Roberto Mancini
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