Football news - 'I'd like to slam Mario Balotelli up against the wall' - Nice boss Patrick Vieira

The Arsenal legend has found working with the Italian very challenging since taking the job at the Ligue 1 side.

The Italy international continues to frustrate his managers, and Vieira is the latest to have to attempt to guide him.

"I have to think twice before I say anything, because it can have an impact and I risk losing a great player," Vieira told L'Equipe.

"I don’t want to say something I’ll regret. I am trying to be constructive in my comments to him.”

The French publication, along with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, cited two incidents that enraged Vieira, with Balotelli having reportedly stormed off, trashed the changing room and refused to clean it up against Nimes, then having walked out in the middle of a team talk from his boss so he could go to the toilet against Guingamp.