Mancini not tired of City job

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Mancini has been suggested as a possible candidate to replace Luigi Del Neri at Juventus this summer. But the former Inter Milan boss told Gazzetta dello Sport: "I have not received any offers and in any case my priority is to achieve our stated aims with City in order to stay here and fight for the league title next season. "I have a good team already but we will bring reinforcements." City are in a strong position to finish in the Premier League's top four and take on Stoke on Saturday in the FA Cup final looking to clinch the club's first trophy in 35 years. Mancini, meanwhile, hopes he can persuade Argentina striker Carlos Tevez to stay on at the club. The City captain came close to leaving the club earlier this year but opted to stay. "Carlos told us back in December that he wants to go to Italy," Mancini said. "But if he changes his mind, I would be happy. "I have not received any offers and in any case my priority is to achieve our stated aims with City in order to stay here and fight for the league title next season." Victory against Tottenham would secure a top-four berth for City, and apply some pressure to third-placed Arsenal for an automatic spot in Europe's number one competition rather than merely a qualifying slot which, because of the Blues' seeding, could turn out to be pretty hazardous. However, Mancini is already making plans for next term. Complications due to UEFA's new financial fair play rules mean he will have to sort out the futures of high-earners like Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy, Roque Santa Cruz and Wayne Bridge, who are currently being loaned out elsewhere. Mancini has his targets though and Ajax coach Frank de Boer has confirmed an interest in 24-year-old Belgian defender Jan Vertonghen after the Italian attended Sunday's Dutch cup final. "[Assistant coach] Danny Blind told me that Mancini was at the stadium and I know that Manchester City are interested in signing him," De Boer told De Telegraaf. "One and one is two." With Kolo Toure presently suspended pending the outcome of a hearing into his failed drugs test, Mancini has been relying on Vertonghen's international colleague Vincent Kompany and Joleon Lescott to fill the central defensive slots. "I have a good team already but we will bring in reinforcements," confirmed the City chief.