It's a short deal and shows the Manchester club's focus on beefing up the board and football directorship sides whilst perhaps having less security on the coaching side, the plan is an all-round one rather than changing from coach to coach.
Pellegrini has accepted the 2 years but will also be paid up the final 2 years of his Malaga deal with Manchester City paying the full compensation figure Malaga requested. Malaga Hoy say that all parties are happy with the deal and Pellegrini himself is glad it is is now sorted after pushing his agent to finalise the contract and compensation.
This is thought to have happened when his agent, Jesus Martinez, met with club officials on Sunday evening.
Roberto Mancini was sacked by the club this week after failing to achieve the objectives set-out for the current season. Manchester City lost their Premier League title and also ended up the losers to Wigan Athletic, now relegated, in the FA Cup Final.
As Manchester United were parading their Premier League trophy through the city, their neighbours were firing the man who had won the same trophy exactly a year to the day previously. Pellegrini comes with a good pedigree for getting the most out of his players but hasn't achieved European trophy success other than the Intertoto Cup in 2004.
That cup was with Villarreal where he built an impressive side before moving to Real Madrid. In his one season with the Madrid club he finished 3 points behind Barcelona, one of the best teams of all time, he'd complained about not getting players for the positions he wanted and his questioning of the board meant that he only got one season. At Malaga he's done an excellent job through a turbulent time for the football club.
Manchester City would appear to be a good step for him at this stage of his career.
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