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da realsbet： Roberto Mancini has one of England’s brightest talents at his disposal in the shape of Adam Johnson. Last week however, he was quick to remind Johnson that it is still just potential he is in ownership of, and not a distinguished career at the top of the game. Johnson is undoubtedly capable of going far, but his manager wants him to stay grounded, and who can blame him?
The specific incident in question that prompted Mancini’s public warning was Johnson’s appearance (along with Micah Richards) at a charity auction, in which Johnson paid £12,000 for a date with Katie Price. It is hardly falling out of a club with a needle hanging out his arm, and it was for charity, but Mancini was clear that he didn’t want his players being associated with anything that had the potential to distract them from the tasks in hand.
Mancini also claimed there were a few other minor, related incidents, before his warning, that led to him having to remind Johnson the potential perils of such a talent. Mancini said:
“Adam is a young player, he can still improve a lot and I would like him to understand that sometimes it’s important for a player to play for the team. He’s a very important player for us but at the same time he can improve. Adam can have a top career but he has to understand he must work and he must think about football every day, and not other things.”
Johnson is one of a select few players (Richards is also believed to be another) who Mancini believes need a ‘change of mentality’, and this is another example of Mancini’s authoritarian approach that I was unaware of prior to his time in England. Along with his supposedly gruelling training regime, Mancini is trying to prove that he is in total control of his squad, and with the big names, big contracts, and even bigger hype at the club, he is fully entitled to portray that he is steering his ship with unnerving discipline.
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Although there are plenty of examples, City players need only to look across to their red rivals to see what Wayne Rooney is having to put up with the moment. Any unwanted attention will be of no use to the individual concerned, to Mancini, or to the club. Johnson may have believed he was doing little wrong, and maybe that is part of what Mancini is trying to instil: if you think there might be problem, chances are there probably will be, and so it is better to cut it out as early as possible.
Going to a charity auction is, like I said above, not the epitome of debauchery, but it is also not professionalism; at home, drinking water, and getting an early night in the Paul Scholes sense of the word; ready and raring for training the next morning, ignoring the cameras on the way in.
It seems Johnson has been made an example of somewhat; an example of a minority of players at Man City, but more importantly, of young talents in the national game today. Mancini has gone through the same thing with Mario Balotelli at Inter, and is clearly trying to instil a sense of morals into his players. Whether it has the right affect remains to be seen, some may consider the move a little harsh on Johnson, who has started the season well, but there is little wrong with Mancini determining what he expects from his players. I hope that Johnson is indeed as grounded as Mancini wants him to be, for he is a talent for all to be excited about.
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