Roberto Mancini: "I will still be here next season"

Roberto Mancini has insisted that he will still be the manager of Manchester City next season.

Reports in the press over the last 24 hours have claimed that the club's board have decided to replace the Italian with current Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini.

However, speaking after his side lost 1-0 in the FA Cup final to Wigan Athletic this evening, Mancini insisted that the speculation was "rubbish".

"It's rubbish this speculation. I will still be here next season. It is rubbish," he told ITV Sport.

Regarding the defeat to Wigan, he said: "It was a good game. They scored in the last minute and for us it was very difficult. We didn't play very well, I don't know why.

"We had a chance because we had two or three incredible chances but in the end we didn't play like we usually do."

Mancini's side had been the odds-on favourite to win the trophy today.