Where is the new manager?

This is starting to get a little worrying. Where is the new manager for Manchester City? It is now:

• 31 days since Roberto Mancini was sacked
• 25 days since the end of the season
• 12 days since the end of the La Liga season

and still now manager has been appointed. If all the rumours are true, a deal with Manuel Pelligrini was agreed some time ago. If true, then surely the appointment should have been finalised by now? The longer this drags on the more likely something will stop him being appointed. I've already seen one report mention a 'minor technicality' holding things up. Is this code for something else?

I can remember a previous occasion when a chairman thought he had his man but it dragged on, then fell through. The chairman? Francis Lee. Who did he think had agreed to be manager? Brian Kidd. Who did we end up with? Alan Ball. I hope history isn't repeating itself.