Italian Mancini signs for Leicester

Leicester City have completed the signing of former Italian international

Leicester City have completed the signing of former Italian international

striker Roberto Mancini on a short-term basis.

Mancini will be unveiled at a Press conference at the club's training ground later today.

It is unclear at this stage whether the Lazio player has signed on a month's loan or until the end of the current campaign.

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But the man who was Sven-Goran Eriksson's number two at Lazio will definitely become a Foxes player.

Mancini was recommended to Leicester manager Peter Taylor by Eriksson during their recent meeting in Rome.

He has been out of Lazio's plans as a player this season but Taylor has been assured by Eriksson that he can still do a job at top level on a short-term basis.

PA