Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will not be changing his training methods after withering criticism from Carlos Tevez this week.

The Guardian says Mancini is to stick by his training regime at Manchester City despite Tevez's claim that the players are "not happy" in an interview that has gone down badly not just with his manager but also with senior figures at boardroom level.

Mancini has no plans to alter the training methods that have seen him introduce a more strategic approach, with a heavier influence on tactical and positional play, often with no ball involved.

To give Tevez's complaints a different context, when he moved to City last summer a senior member of Manchester United's backroom staff described him to one of Hughes's coaches as the worst trainer at Old Trafford.

That has not been the case at City, with club employees praising his commitment today, but there has historically been a feeling that Tevez saves himself in practice sessions.