Manchester City's 3-0 defeat by Liverpool on Monday has galvanised the determination of their Abu Dhabi owners to land Jose Mourinho as manager in the summer.
As revealed by Undercover Sport, City tried to sign up Mourinho last year. And the "Special One" was seriously considering the offer until Real Madrid came in for him.
Things are different now though. Owner Sheikh Mansour and chairman Khaldoun Mubarak are adamant that they must replace Roberto Mancini as boss.
The Italian seems to have lost the dressing room, his personal signings - most notably Mario Balatelli but also Aleksandar Kolarov - have been expensive failures and his style of play has often been defensive and dull.
And Mourinho is now disillusioned with life at Madrid. General director Jorge Valdano, who in 2007 described Mourinho's style of play as "shit on a stick", has interfered in transfer policy at the Bernabeu, while many fans have been unhappy with the Portuguese's style of play and the distance they trail Barcelona by in La Liga.
So watch this space, Mourinho is very likely to be at Eastlands this summer.
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