Former Manchester City star Samir Nasri's explosive nature has come to light.

The winger, who also played for Arsenal, once threatened to fight head coach Roberto Mancini.

He is even said to have insulted assistant David Platt while at City, according to ex-teammate Joleon Lescott.

“He [Mancini] used to do the prep in the middle of the pitch and he's telling players what he wants," Lescott told That Peter Crouch Podcast.

“He's telling Samir Nasri to do what he wants him to do, but David Platt is on the side, and he's telling him to do something different, so he's half-listening to both and doing different things.

“And then the manager lost his head and said: 'Samir, you're not doing it, go in.' Samir's gone in with no retaliation, so I'm thinking, that's not like Samir, Samir has got something in him to retaliate a little bit.'

“I heard Samir come in. He's gone: 'You [Mancini], outside. F*****g outside now! You will never speak to me like that again. I'm not Mario Balotelli. Get outside'.

“So Mancini is saying 'come into my office' and he's like 'no, I'm not coming into your ofice, get outside now!' He's calling him outside to have a fight with him. I'm just peeping! I could see from afar what was going on, me and one of the young goalies up there.

“He is saying 'come outside, I'm gonna f**k you up, come outside, you will not speak to me like that again'.

“The manager has come in saying 'calm down'. And then Platty has come and said 'Samir, calm down'.

“He [Nasri] went: 'shut up, you're just here to suck his d**k!'"