Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is on the shortlist of AS Roma's new owners.
With England team manager Franco Baldini to return as sports director, Roma's new board see Mancini as the ideal coach to work with him.
Indeed, Mancini's candidacy has surpassed Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti in Roma owner Thomas di Benedetto's thinking.
The City manager, even with reaching the FA Cup final, confessed this week he was not 100 per cent of his future at Eastlands.
