10 Training Ground Feuds You Probably Didn't Know About

3. William Gallas And Samir Nasri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAvVm-qkMPI Who hasn't William Gallas fallen out with? While the Gunners' support may still resent him for effectively forcing out crowd favourite Kolo Toure five years ago, this was one feud which they could jump on board with. Current Manchester City playmaker Samir Nasri has a habit of rubbing people up the wrong one, having been banished from the international scene as of late. It's fair to say that Gallas was never much of a fan either. Falling out over an incident while the pair were on international duty at Euro 2008 with France, Nasri has since stated that the relationship had deteriorated to such a extent that he ' for a year at Arsenal we did not speak'. The rift was exacerbated when Gallas published a provocative autobiography, in which he lamented the immaturity of the international side's youth, highlighting the aforementioned altercation on the team bus at Euro 2008. A seemingly innocuous incident, Nasri had simply found himself sitting in Thierry Henry's seat, initially refusing to move before relenting once the Barcelona hitman explained how he had been sitting there for 12 years. With tempers flaring, the relationship was exacerbated in 2009, following a game in Italy where Nasri, evidently sporting a chip on his shoulder, launched a foul-mouthed tirade at his Arsenal colleague.
''We had a game in Rome, with Arsenal, where he lost a ball. I showed my disappointment, but nothing more, and he called me all sorts of names on the pitch. We had a serious disagreement in the dressing room at the end of the game. I put him back in his place and told him he was not at Marseille any more!''- William Gallas, June 2012.
The pair have since departed the Gunners, but have yet to reconcile, instead choosing to take snipes at each other in the media. Nasri has even stuck to his promise of 'never saying hello to him again', by snubbing the pre-match handshake in November 2010.
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