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Ryan Dabbs

‘It was a mistake to become Manchester City boss – I should have taken six months off. It wasn’t a very nice club at the time, and I didn’t do a particularly good job’: Former Premier League manager reflects on making wrong career decision

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - March 2: Frank Clark Manager of Nottingham Forest on the side line during the Premier League match between Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough on March 2, 1996 in Sheffield, England. (Photo by Graham Whitby Boot/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images) Manchester City.

Manchester City have only had three permanent managers in the last 15 years, with Roberto Mancini, Mauricio Pellegrini and now Pep Guardiola all successful in their own right.

Prior to the Abu Dhabi-based Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited's (now City Football Group) takeover of the club in 2008, though, things were a lot different at Manchester City, with the club battling relegations and financial issues.

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