Italy national team manager and former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has said Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino would have been "killed" if they coached in Serie A, rather than at Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, respectively.
Mancini spoke to Tutto Convocati (h/t Football Italia) and said Italian football lacks the patience for the steady construction both men are famed for and their lack of silverware would have cost them their job a long time ago:
"We exaggerate things in Italy. Let’s take this example: Pochettino has been at Tottenham for five years, he has a very good team.