{"id":289012,"date":"2023-09-07T19:50:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289012"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:50:21","slug":"mario-balotelli-tricked-micah-richards-into-calling-manager-fing-dhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/mario-balotelli-tricked-micah-richards-into-calling-manager-fing-dhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Balotelli tricked Micah Richards into calling manager ‘f***ing d***head’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Micah Richards has recalled the time Mario Balotelli tricked him into calling his new manager a "f***ing d***head" at their first meeting.<\/p>\n

    The former Manchester City stars were team-mates for two-and-a-half years in the north west, becoming good pals in the process as they helped Roberto Mancini's side to win an FA Cup and the Premier League.<\/p>\n

    So Richards called upon ex-Italy international Balotelli when he moved to his home country and joined Serie A side Fiorentina on loan for the 2014\/15 season.<\/p>\n

    That decision backfired on him massively, as he explained on the latest episode of the The Rest is Football podcast – which he co-hosts with Match of the Day colleagues Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.<\/p>\n

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    Speaking about his experience of playing abroad, Richards began: "I went to Fiorentina on the last day of the transfer window and obviously I don't speak Italian – I've got 'Si' – yes, basically.<\/p>\n

    "Like the absolute idiot that I am, I spoke to Balotelli to say 'What should I say when I'm greeting someone?'" A disappointed Lineker sighed: "You asked Balotelli?"<\/p>\n

    Richards explained: "Because he's normally good! And then I go and meet the manager, [Vincenzo] Montella. I go up to him, shake his hand, and say 'testa di cazzo'."<\/p>\n

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    "Oh you fool," interjected Shearer, before Richards added: "And I think it means 'you f***ing d***head'." The trio erupted into laughter at Richards' blunder.<\/p>\n

    He continued: "Honest to God. And that's the first time I've told this story because I'm thinking 'Should I tell it? Will people believe me?' I've gone up to the manager and called him a f***ing d***head, what an idiot.<\/p>\n

    "You know what, why didn't I just check? You can just Google it. But for some reason, I just believed Balotelli. He set me up, he got me a kipper. And to be fair to Montella he just started laughing."<\/p>\n

    Always quick off the mark with his witty comments, Lineker rounded off the segment by telling him: "You know what you are, don't you? Un testa di cazzo."<\/p>\n