Former Manchester City star Samir Nasir has revealed the depth of his falling out with manager Roberto Mancini during his time at the club.
Nasri joined Manchester City from Arsenal for £24.75m in August 2011 and would spend six years at the Etihad before eventually being sold to Turkish side Antalyaspor in 2017.
He made 176 appearances for the club in that time, scoring 27 goals and registering 40 assists, as well as winning two Premier League titles, the League Cup and Community Shield.
That first Premier League title and Community Shield came under Mancini’s leadership, with the Italian leading City between 2009 and 2013 and helping to establish them as the powerhouse they are today.
Nasri was a big part of that and made 82 appearances under Mancini during his time with Manchester City before a falling out behind the scenes changed things dramatically.
The Frenchman has now detailed what their relationship was like, explaining things went downhill during a trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers and escalated from there.
“In the first half, he kept talking to me. I told him to stop. If you’re not happy, you take me out,” DH Net report him saying to Canal +.
“I get ready to go out at half-time. In the dressing room, I take off my shoes and tell Yaya Toure, who is sitting next to me, that if he speaks badly to me, I’ll throw my cleats at him because the coach used to disrespect and speak badly to players.
“I insulted him by all names. Even his children who sometimes came to play in the reserves or who trained with us.
“I left for Paris the next day. Two days later, I was on the bench against Manchester United. The president came from Abu-Dhabi to see us and told Mancini that if I was fit, we would win.
“ I returned to the team, and we made up in a private plane that he paid for with me because I had to return to Paris.”
