Tottenham defender Serge Aurier has told Canal+ that his bad boy reputation cost him a move to Barcelona.
Aurier joined Spurs from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer to escape the spotlight in France where he had courted controversy. Handed a two-month suspended prison sentence for an attack on a policeman outside a nightclub in the summer of 2016, the Ivory Coast international was also sanctioned by PSG for insulting then-boss Laurent Blanc during the 2015-16 campaign.
His lack of professionalism was also roundly criticised for taking nearly 10 minutes to warm up and come off the bench as a substitute during a Ligue 1 game at Lorient last season.