article_snippet.sent: Manuel Pellegrini’s position is clearly vulnerable given City’s failures this year on all fronts – in the Champions League, which was the principal target, the Premier League and the domestic cups.
article_snippet.sent: However, there is an insistence at the club that it should be not be automatically assumed that Manuel Pellegrini will be dismissed as, unlike when The Dortmund boss went, the club is running smoothly off the pitch without the internal tensions and disagreements which characterised City’s last days.
article_snippet.sent: There will be the usual end-of-season review of Manuel Pellegrini'sCity’s performance but this would take place every season, whatever success or not had been achieved.
article_snippet.sent: Manuel Pellegrini will clearly have to answer difficult questions about the team’s under performance, especially as the team’s have sunk to fourth place and run the risk of being overhauled by Liverpool for the Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: On the plus side for Manuel Pellegrini, Manuel Pellegrini style of play is seen as compatible with the type of club Begiristain and Manuel Pellegrini colleague, chief executive Ferran Soriano, are attempting to create.
article_snippet.sent: However, despite the Catalan club’s reassurances about Manuel Pellegrini, it is clear that Manuel Pellegrini position will be under threat if not this summer then certainly next year, when Pep Guardiola’s three-year deal with Bayern runs out.
highlights_snippet.sent: Manuel Pellegrini's job at Manchester City is precarious .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Premier League champions have struggled this season .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Manuel Pellegrini's will leave the club at the end of this campaign .