Manchester City fans have repaid the favour to Roberto Mancini and taken out an advert in Italian newspaper Gazzetta Dello Sport to thank the Italian manager for his time at the club.
City supporters raised £7,000 to buy the ad with more than 700 fans donating money to the 'Grazie Mancini Fund'.
Mancini had taken out a full page ad in the Manchester Evening News to thank the fans for their support after he was sacked.