Man City to build fence so no one can see their training ground fights

Category: Football

Publish Date: 12-15-2011 02:55 PM -0500

As tends to happen on the training ground -- especially one with Mario Balotelli on it -- Manchester City's Micah Richards and Balotelli had a scuffle. James Milner and Yaya Toure had to hold Richards back, but according to Richards himself, "Me & mario are all good! these things happen in training & we shook hands after. it shows passion!"

Following bust-ups between Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure, Balotelli and Jerome Boateng, Balotelli and Vicent Kompany and now Balotelli and Richards all being caught by photographers, City have decided to take firm against this kind of behavior. By preventing photographers from seeing them fight all the time.

From the Guardian:

City say this is not the case and that these kinds of incidents happen at other clubs — the difference being that photographers can get easier access at their Carrington base because of a public footpath that runs by the side of the pitches. The club are putting up new fences in an attempt to keep out the cameras.

So that will prevent the photographers from seeing the slap fights. But the press will still be able to hear the cries of, "Ah! Who keeps bottle rockets in their snood?!"

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