Mancini overtakes Fergie in wages stakes with new deal
New deal: Mancini will remain at City with an improved, lengthy contract
Roberto Mancini has agreed to a lengthy new contract at Manchester City that will take him past Sir Alex Ferguson in the Premier League managers' wage table.
City are expected to announce the 47-year-old Italian's new deal in the next week or so.
Mancini, currently thought to be paid around £5million a year at Eastlands, a similar figure to that of his Manchester United rival, still has a year left on the three-and-a-half year agreement which he signed when appointed in December 2009.
The new figure will take him closer to the £7.2m paid to English football's highest managerial earner, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.