Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini doesn't like his players getting used to training times during the week.

The Independent says the text messages tend to drop at 11pm and only when they receive them will Mancini's players know what the landscape of the following day looks like.

They reveal whether training sessions at Manchester City will start at 10.30am, as late as 4.30pm outside of the winter months, or some time in between: there is no set routine.

The short notice appears to be Mancini's way of preventing his players suffering from complacency.