If I am a rich man, I want to spend all my money for my team, blasts Mancini as City boss calls foul on financial fair play



Roberto Mancini hit out at the financial constrictions which he believes are designed to strangle the growth of clubs like Manchester City.



With new Premier League rules set to be introduced to sit alongside UEFA's financial fair play guidelines, it will become increasingly difficult for clubs like City to succeed on the back of outside investment.



'I do not agree,' said Mancini. 'If I am a rich man, I want to spend all my money for my team. I don't agree with this in general, but it is only my personal opinion.



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Clean up job: Roberto Mancini (right) chats with Sergio Aguero by Manchester City's boot-cleaning device

Briefing: Roberto Mancini talks to his Manchester City squad during training on Friday morning

'If the rules are this, we should work like this. We can't change this. 'We need to buy good players. If you want to buy good players you have to spend money.



'But if we work quickly, we can find good players without spending a lot of money.



'I don't understand the rules, but we will choose a different way. It is clear with this rule it is more difficult than 10 years ago. But if you work well, you can find good players without spending maybe £30m on one player. But it is also true that every time that Manchester City move for a player, if his value is £10m, for City they ask £30m.



'There should be other rules to stop this.'

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has also spent big on players down the years. He said: 'UEFA's financial fair play starts this year and it's all good in theory but application will be difficult. If people have money to burn they can place it anywhere in the world.



'It would be good if it was applicable, but I have my doubts. It will always be a problem trying to enforce it.'



City travel to Southampton today with Yaya Toure back from Africa Cup of Nations duty and captain Vincent Kompany fit for action.



Mancini is hoping to cut United's lead at the top to six points before Ferguson's team entertain Everton tomorrow. United then travel to Spain for a Champions League clash with Real Madrid and Mancini hopes this will impact upon the title race.



He added: 'If Manchester United draw or (have a) defeat, the title race is reopened. When you play in the Champions League against Real Madrid, you can lose your strength in this game. For this reason we support United to go through.



'If we can recover eight points in six games, as we did last year, then I think to recover nine points in 13 games will be easy.'

But to do so, Mancini will need his forwards to put their shooting boots on.



'Last year at this moment we had 15 or 18 goals more than now, so maybe we need to score more,' he said.



'Last year we scored a lot but we are missing eight or 10 goals from our strikers.'



Come on then: The likes of Sergio Aguero (right) need to be bagging more goals for City

There has been a reduction in output from City's front men.



Last term, Mario Balotelli scored 17 times for the Blues. When he was sold to AC Milan last month, the Italian had managed just three.



Sergio Aguero is 19 short of the 30 he managed last term whilst Carlos Tevez, an unused substitute against Liverpool last weekend has scored just five times in 28 matches, way below the strike rate expected from a player of his calibre.



'Maybe he didn't score a lot of goals in the last couple of months but when Carlos plays he is strong, he fights and puts all his strength forward for the team,' said Mancini.



'At this moment he is unlucky.



'Maybe he was not happy last week when he was on the bench but there are not many players who are happy when they don't play.'



Working hard: Mancini is pleased with Carlos Tevez's exertions but knows he must get back among the goals