Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is annoyed by suggestions that he gave wayward striker Mario Balotelli permission to skip the club's FA Cup parade through Manchester on Monday.
The manager insists this was not the case, says the Daily Mail.
The Italian striker, 20, also missed the club's Player of the Year dinner on Sunday night and flew home to Italy.
While Mancini and his players were celebrating at Eastlands on Monday, Balotelli was laughing and throwing water bombs at a meeting of Serie A club chiefs in Milan.
Italian TV showed him and his agent Mino Raiola at the traditional end of season meeting in Milan which is attended by players' representatives to sound out possible transfers.
