Diego: Mancini ‘a spoilt child’

Carlos Tevez has found an unlikely ally in his ongoing battle with Manchester City after former Argentina coach Diego Maradona accused City coach Roberto Mancini of behaving like a spoilt child in his treatment of the striker.

Tevez is still on City’s books after the club were unable to agree terms on a transfer deal during the January transfer window and is appealing to the Premier League against the £1.2m fine for gross misconduct imposed on him by City.

Now Maradona has called Mancini into question, suggesting his reaction to Tevez’s refusal to play at Bayern Munich last September was over the top.