Roberto Mancini will be given time to ride out current storm | David Conn

Despite the availabilty of Pep Guardiaola the owners believe in planning for the long-term at Eastlands After a week of European disappointment, Manchester City face Sunday's home challenge against Tottenham insisting that there is no crisis and the renewed storm over Roberto Mancini's managerial tenure is just another squall. Speculation that the Italian's days at Eastlands are numbered has been fuelled by City's appointments of chief executive, Ferran Soriano, and director of football, Txiki B...