Mario Balotelli and I were nothing like Stramaccioni and Cassano

Manchester City tactician, Roberto Mancini has stated that his relationship with Mario Balotelli was nothing like Andrea Stramaccioni and Antonio Cassano’s.

The former Milan striker was left out of the squad that faced Catania last week and also fined €40,000 as it was reported that he and Andrea Stramaccioni had a very frank exchange of words.

The former Inter coach went on to state that there was never a physical confrontation with between himself and Mario Balotelli when he was at Manchester City.

“Mario and I are like Stramaccioni and Cassano? Never,” he told Sky Sport Italia. “When Mario made a bad foul in training, I called him back by pulling his shirt – then the tabloids created a story out of it.

“Mario will never change who he is, but the important thing is that he learns to behave properly on the field.”