Nasri conduct proving me right, claims Gallas

William Gallas has re-ignited his rivalry with Samir Nasri and insisted that the Manchester City midfielder’s poor behaviour at Euro 2012 proves he was not the bad guy during their long-running dispute.

Nasri is facing a two-year ban from international football after the French federation’s sponsors decided to withhold a €600,000 payment because of their disgust at the players’ behaviour. Nasri was a contrary figure throughout the tournament, with his ‘shut-your-mouth’ goal celebration against England and foul-mouthed tirade directed at a French journalist after France’s quarter-final exit to Spain.

And for Gallas, with whom Nasri fell out at Euro 2008, it came as no surprise. “I am not going to say I’m happy about it, but people can now see for themselves who the real Samir Nasri is — and I was not even in Ukraine or Poland!