Mario Balotelli gave away wads of cash, smashed a plasma screen and stuffed parking tickets into his locker at Manchester City, but Roberto Mancini was “irrational.”

The Italy international was at the club from 2010 to January 2013 and his antics off the field are legendary, but not all of them came out until now.

City kitman Les ‘Chappy’ Chapman spilled the beans to the Daily Mail.

Mario Balotelli gave away wads of cash, smashed a plasma screen and stuffed parking tickets into his locker at Manchester City, but Roberto Mancini was “irrational.”

The Italy international was at the club from 2010 to January 2013 and his antics off the field are legendary, but not all of them came out until now.

City kitman Les ‘Chappy’ Chapman spilled the beans to the Daily Mail.

“He was a complete one-off, the most unpredictable man on the planet. When he got sent off at Arsenal he threw his boot through the plasma TV in the dressing-room!

“But he was bright, he wasn't stupid, and he was very generous. He would go into a garage and pay for everyone's petrol or give a homeless guy a wad of cash.

“Then he used to wonder why his car was impounded 27 times… because it was painted in camouflage and he parked it on double yellows outside San Carlo restaurant in the middle of Manchester every day.

“I opened his locker after he left and all his parking tickets just fell out!”

Balotelli clashed with Coach Mancini, who had also worked with him at Inter, but Chapman wasn’t so fond of the tactician.

“We won the Premier League and FA Cup and he is a legend to the fans, I understand that, but he was too confrontational. He was irrational.

“I saw him fall out with Joe Hart, Joleon Lescott, Samir Nasri, Edin Dzeko, Vincent Kompany, Carlos Tevez… when Manuel Pellegrini came in it was the opposite, he actually spoke to you and shook your hand.”

The most famous incident saw Mancini row with Carlos Tevez for apparently refusing to come off the bench, who promptly left and wouldn’t return for four months.

“Why he had a go at Tevez, I don't know. Munich wasn't his fault. He never refused to go on the pitch. He refused to warm up because he'd already done so.

“Mancini said he'd never play again but was ordered to bring him back… because he was so good.”

It was rumoured the pair even clashed in the locker room at half-time during one game and had to be separated. Who would’ve won that fight?

“Tevez would have killed him.”

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