Talk of conspiracy theories surrounding the sacking of Mark Hughes at Manchester City undoubtedly have some truth in them, but they have little relevance and will soon be forgotten.
It would be highly unlikely that any board would sack a manager and install another straight away if some previous talks had not taken place. Manchester City admit discussions had taken place with Roberto Mancini a couple of weeks ago, but deny they were about him taking over as manager. The truth's probably somewhere in the middle, but so what?
Yes, we feel sympathy for Mark Hughes, but the fans will soon forget that if Mancini is successful. And if he is not? Well, the fans will call for his sacking. They're not likely to chant "sack the board" when the board is worth so many billions and have put the club, if not on the cusp of, then possibly on the stony path to, success.
Player rebellion is about as likely. There is some talk that craig Bellamy is considering a transfer request and that goalkeeper Shay Given and club captain Kolo Toure had a meeting with chief executive Garry Cook, who earlier refused to speak to a larger player delegation.
Again, let's get real. Players like the money, and City is the club with the money. If Bellamy jumps ship, then he'll probably be the only one (and who could say it would be out of character?).
This is quiet-time pre-Christmas story and once the action's back underway it will die down just as quickly, especially if City beat Stoke City on Boxing Day.
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