Content O’Neill doesn’t begrudge nouveau riche City

SUNDERLAND boss Martin O’Neill will head into battle with his Manchester City counterpart Roberto Mancini insisting he is not jealous of the Italian’s mammoth spending power.

The 59-year-old Irishman will welcome Mancini to the Stadium of Light tomorrow hoping to put a further dent in City’s Barclays Premier League title ambitions following their 0-0 St Stephen’s Day draw at West Brom.

O’Neill, who had a brief — and largely unsuccessful, by his standards — spell as a player at Maine Road, will attempt to prepare his injury-hit side for a backlash from a club whose squad is packed with expensively-acquired, top international players.