Mancini still reeling over axe

Former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini has admitted that he is even still in shock after losing his job at the Italian giants. Jose Mourinho took over the reigns at the Scudetto winners.

“At the start it was a shock,” he confessed to Max magazine. “Perhaps because of the tension I had accumulated, or the anger and disappointment of the firing, I just could not accept the idea of suddenly being out of my world after a lifetime in football.

“Then, a little bit at a time, I got over it. I can see that every now and then it is healthy to relax and every day that goes by I feel better.”