The controversial Mario Balotelli has now insisted Jose Mourinho is a difficult person to deal with, citing a particular bust-up in which the tactician had him thrown off a team bus.
The Italian striker has had a career filled with drama, and has generated many headlines as a player who has often got on the wrong side of his managers.
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Balotelli, who now represents FC Sion in Switzerland, worked with Mourinho at Inter Milan, with whom they won the famous treble together in 2010.
While the Portuguese manager has previously described the forward as "good fun" and someone he could write 200 pages of a book about, it appears the striker perhaps feels differently about the now-AS Roma boss.
"Mou is not an easy guy to deal with, much like me," the 32-year-old told the Muschio Selvaggio podcast, per the Daily Mirror.
"One time before a trip to Catania, we had an argument on the bus taking us to the airport.
"He made me get off the bus and I had to return home with a car."
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Balotelli also spoke about the pressures that came with the glare of the limelight constantly being on him for various reasons.
"I know that I made mistakes, but it is also true that the spotlight was always on me," he added.
"Aside from my own character and the label of being a prodigy as a teenager, I think the status of being the first black player in the Italy squad also contributed to people always talking about what I did off the field.
"I saw colleagues do some things; if it had been me…"
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