Malaga's coach Manuel Pellegrini is pictured before the Champions League quarter-final second leg soccer match against Borussia Dortmund, in the western German city of Dortmund April 9, 2013. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City have named former Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini as the successor to the sacked Roberto Mancini, the Premier League club said on Friday.
The 59-year-old Chilean, whose appointment had been widely expected for weeks with Pellegrini saying last month he had a verbal agreement, takes over following Mancini's dismissal on May 13 after City were runners-up in the league and FA Cup.
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