Felipe Melo hits back at Chiellini: He is a bitter coward

Felipe Melo did not waste time hitting back after Giorgio Chiellini called him ‘the worst of the worst,’ stating his former Juventus teammate ‘was a coward who is still bitter.’

The controversy erupted this morning when Chiellini presented his upcoming autobiography, noting there were only two teammates who had crossed the line: Melo and Mario Balotelli.

“I’d like to know what incidents he was referring to,” Melo replied to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“When I was in Turin, I never lacked respect for anyone: teammates, directors or Juventus in general. At this point, though, I have no respect for him. And I never will have.

“He says Balotelli should be slapped and I am the worst of the worst who always risked sparking a brawl? Well, he was always a coward who’d wet himself…

“Besides, it’s too easy to be nasty about someone in a book. Perhaps ‘this defender’ is still angry with me, because when I went to Galatasaray, we gave his Juve some ‘slaps’ and knocked them out of the Champions League. Or that Inter won everything and I am an Interista.

“This is what Chiellini is like, he always acts as if he’s the greatest… I am also reminded that we beat Italy 3-0 in the 2009 Confederations Cup, won eventually by Brazil. Perhaps he’s still bitter about that too, seeing as he’s won nothing at international level with Italy.”