Mancini slams Lazio over Stankovic
ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Lazio coach Roberto Mancini has launched a bitter attack on the Rome club over its failure to renew the contract of midfielder Dejan Stankovic, which expires in June.
Mancini told Friday's Corriere dello Sport that he expected Lazio to lose the Serbia and Montenegro international at the end of the season.
"He'll leave (in June). The whole issue has been handled badly," Mancini said.
"Six or seven months ago Stankovic would have signed happily for us."
Mancini said that the Stankovic affair was typical of the club's failure to come to grips with financial problems left by the collapse of its parent company Cirio last year.
"I'm tired of all this rubbish. We had a project, but it never got going. Too many people talk big but do nothing," he said.
"The players are doing their bit. I just hope things become clearer as soon as possible."
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