Bellamy 'n Given in quit threat

HOW ... new Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini as a Red Indian in his Sampdoria days

CRAIG BELLAMY and Shay Given are considering quitting Manchester City.

New manager Roberto Mancini arrived at the club yesterday and immediately walked into tribal warfare.

The ex-Inter Milan boss is used to being the big chief - but key players Bellamy and Given are still squawking over the way Mark Hughes was axed on Saturday.

The pair have proved to be Hughes' best signings in his 18 months at Eastlands.

Bellamy is particularly loyal to Sparky, having played under him at Blackburn and with Wales.

GIVEN ... feels let down

Keeper Given made the tough choice to leave Newcastle because of Hughes and the way the Welshman sold the ambitions of the club to him.

Both feel let down by chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and chief executive officer Garry Cook.

The pair were particularly emotional after Saturday's 4-3 victory over Sunderland at Eastlands which proved to be Hughes' last game.

They led a six-player delegation to complain to Cook about the sacking.

And they have told close friends they are now considering their futures.

It will be a massive blow to Mancini if the pair decide to leave.

Both arrived in January - Given for £8million and Bellamy for £14m.

Many other players were unimpressed with their first day's training under Mancini and new assistant Brian Kidd.

Mancini had given a short address to the players saying how much he was looking forward to working with them.

Cook also told the players there had been no negotiations with Mancini until last Thursday.

A number of players left shaking their heads as it was clear there was earlier contact.

Yesterday Mancini admitted he met Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour in London two weeks ago.

A source close to the players said: "Some felt they were being treated like idiots and were not swallowing that."

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