Manchester City signing Mario Balotelli can pinpoint the moment he decided to leave Inter Milan.
The last straw back home came after the Champions League semi-final victory over Barcelona at the San Siro four months ago.
Inter fans were fuming over him being snapped in an AC Milan shirt days earlier and gave him a hostile welcome on to the pitch.
The evening ended in a 3-1 Inter win. But a distressed Balotelli threw his Inter jersey to the floor in front of Mourinho - and it was then he knew he had to get out.
Having been a target for racist opposition fans all his career, hearing his own supporters turn against him was too much to bear.
He recalled: "I decided then I wanted to leave Inter.
"Every day the papers in Milan were full of stories and it became very difficult to live there. That's when I told my agent I wanted to leave and to find me another club.
"I had no real problems with my team-mates but outside influences persuaded me to go.
"The racism is something that has really bothered me. It's a really bad thing but I've learned how to deal with it."
Within hours of signing for City on Friday night, Balotelli had put his foot in it by alleging he would have preferred to stay in Italy.
Yet he insisted: "I said I was sorry to leave Italy because I have my family and friends there but I was not sorry professionally.
"Professionally, I am very happy to be in Manchester. I have always wanted to come to Manchester City. There were a lot of teams interested in me over the summer but my first choice was always this one.
"I wanted to be here because of the manager and because it's a good environment for me to improve."
