Former Manchester City star Stephen Ireland has claimed manager Roberto Mancini and striker Carlos Tevez were "swinging for each other" in training long before winning the title together in 2012.
Tevez spent much of the 2011-12 campaign away from the team, with Mancini alleging that he refused to come on as a substitute during a Champions League game against Bayern Munich. The former Manchester United man denied that this was the case, but after the September incident he did not play again until March.
Academy graduate Ireland had left City by this point, joining Aston Villa in 2010. However, the Irish international had a chance to see the relationship between Tevez and Mancini up close when all three were together at the club during the 2009-10 season.
