{"id":295386,"date":"2023-11-16T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295386"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:25:13","slug":"samir-nasri-threatened-to-fck-up-mancini-in-fight-recalls-lescott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/samir-nasri-threatened-to-fck-up-mancini-in-fight-recalls-lescott\/","title":{"rendered":"Samir Nasri threatened to &apos;f*ck up&apos; Mancini in fight, recalls Lescott"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Come outside. I&#8217;m going to f*** you up!&#8217;: Former Man City bad boy Samir Nasri threatened boss Roberto Mancini and told No 2 David Platt &#8216;you&#8217;re just here to suck his d**k&#8217;, reveals old team-mate Joleon Lescott<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samir Nasri was known for being a passionate and argumentative footballer\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joleon Lescott remembers when he challenged Roberto Mancini to a punch-up<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>England will struggle to win a trophy with Kalvin Phillips &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Samir Nasri once threatened to fight Roberto Mancini and insulted assistant David Platt during Manchester City training session, Joleon Lescott recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman had a reputation for being a dressing room firebrand, with former team-mates often recalling examples of his temper flaring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lescott revealed one fracas in the build-up to the October 2011 derby, in which City beat Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford, when Nasri was unhappy with how he had been treated in training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He [Mancini] used to do the prep in the middle of the pitch and he&#8217;s telling players what he wants,&#8217; Lescott told That Peter Crouch Podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s telling Samir Nasri to do what he wants him to do, but David Platt is on the side, and he&#8217;s telling him to do something different, so he&#8217;s half-listening to both and doing different things.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/12\/77878211-12757301-image-a-10_1700139189385.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joleon Lescott revealed how Samir Nasri threatened to fight Roberto Mancini and didn&#8217;t hold back in insulting David Platt\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77878107-12757301-According_to_Lescott_Nasri_said_I_m_gonna_f_ck_you_up_to_his_bos-a-39_1700140738966.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>According to Lescott, Nasri said &#8216;I&#8217;m gonna f*ck you up&#8217; to his boss before the Manchster derby<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77878291-12757301-He_also_told_assistant_Platt_that_he_was_only_there_to_suck_Manc-a-40_1700140738967.jpg\" height=\"495\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He also told assistant Platt that he was only there to &#8216;suck&#8217; Mancini&#8217;s &#8216;d***&#8217;, though no physical fight broke out<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then the manager lost his head and said: &#8220;Samir, you&#8217;re not doing it, go in.&#8221; Samir&#8217;s gone in with no retaliation, so I&#8217;m thinking, that&#8217;s not like Samir, Samir has got something in him to retaliate a little bit.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lescott remembers being on a balcony above the team gym and eavesdropping on the fury that followed, with Nasri calling for a fight outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I heard Samir come in. He&#8217;s gone: &#8220;You [Mancini], outside. F*****g outside now!\u00a0You will never speak to me like that again. I&#8217;m not Mario Balotelli. Get outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So Mancini is saying &#8220;come into my office&#8221; and he&#8217;s like &#8220;no, I&#8217;m not coming into your ofice, get outside now!&#8221; He&#8217;s calling him outside to have a fight with him. I&#8217;m just peeping! I could see from afar what was going on, me and one of the young goalies up there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is saying &#8220;come outside, I&#8217;m gonna f**k you up, come outside, you will not speak to me like that again.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The manager has come in saying &#8220;calm down.&#8221;\u00a0And then Platty has come and said &#8220;Samir, calm down&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He [Nasri] went: &#8220;shut up, you&#8217;re just here to suck his d**k!&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Lescott confirmed that Nasri&#8217;s offer of a fight was not duly accepted, and that while he wouldn&#8217;t speak to a manager that way, he respected Nasri&#8217;s straight talking with everybody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the attacking midfielder was only on the bench for the Manchester derby, but he still played a pivotal role that season as City sealed their first Premier League title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/13\/77878061-12757301-Nasri_spent_five_seasons_at_Man_City_winning_two_Premier_League_-a-3_1700141653714.jpg\" height=\"497\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nasri spent five seasons at Man City, winning two Premier League titles, before being sent on loan when Pep Guardiola arrived in 2016 and then sold in 2017<\/p>\n<p>He spent five full seasons with the club after joining from Arsenal in 2011, winning two Premier League titles and a League Cup under Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he was excluded after playing just one game under Pep Guardiola in the 2016\/17 campaign and even managed to fit in a row with the Spaniard before leaving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola was not happy with his physical condition in pre-season and scolded him for being overweight, something which Nasri took issue with.<\/p>\n<p>He was loaned to Sevilla for the 2016\/17 season and sold to\u00a0Turkish club Antalyaspor the following summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12757301\/Come-outside-Im-going-f-Former-Man-City-bad-boy-Samir-Nasri-threatened-boss-Roberto-Mancini-told-No-2-David-Platt-youre-just-suck-d-k-reveals-old-team-mate-Joleon-Lescott.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8216;Come outside. 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