Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez were sometimes controversial figures at Manchester City and Shaun Wright-Phillips recalls his time with them ahead of the Manchester derby
Shaun Wright-Phillips has opened up on playing alongside Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez at Manchester City - with a clear difference between the two.
Featuring as a key player for United as they won three Premier League titles in a row from 2007-2009, he caused a stir when he joined City under Mark Hughes - and his talents helped City to two trophies before departing for Juventus. Wright-Phillips was a teammate of both Balotelli and Tevez at the club.ALSO READ: Man City players give Pep Guardiola the Arsenal response he wanted
"I personally got on really well with him. I mean we all told him to get it together, but he knew that himself, and he knew what he was capable of. For whatever reason, it just didn’t come out in England when we needed it to. Tevez, meanwhile, raised eyebrows when he left United to join City, with the 'Welcome to Manchester' banner sticking in the memory of many across the city. Former winger Wright-Phillips continued: "I got on really well with Carlos Tevez. He was the only player who used to call me by my full name! He was not only a fantastic player but a nice person off the pitch as well. He always had about seven or eight friends surrounding him. He would never just be on his own.
"Going back to that 4-3 at Old Trafford in 2009 when Tevez had his first game, the whole build up sticks out in my memory. It was of course Tevez’s first game and then throw in the fact that it’s the Manchester Derby, it was exciting. The adverts on TV, the fans building up, everyone texting you for tickets; the spice is already there, but the arrival of Tevez added extra spice.
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