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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli believes Roberto Mancini will overtake Jose Mourinho as the world's best manager.
Balotelli worked under Mourinho at Inter Milan last season before joining City while the Portuguese tactician moved to Real Madrid.
Talented youngster Balotelli rarely saw eye-to-eye with Mourinho and he has now hit out at the ex-Chelsea boss, claiming he needs to learn respect.
Balotelli has piled the praise on City manager Mancini and he believes the 46-year-old will become top of the charts in the future.
"Mourinho is the best coach in the world, but as a man has yet to learn the education and respect," he told Extra Time.
"Roberto Mancini is the most important coach I've had. He will soon become the world's number one.
"As a man he's 10km ahead of Mourinho."
Balotelli has also made a raft of Serie A predictions this season, stating Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the best player in the country while AC Milan will lift the Scudetto.
"The best player in Serie A is Ibrahimovic. He's great, on another planet," he continued.
"Who will win the Scudetto? Instinctively I say Milan. If I think a little I'd say Inter. They have given me so much. If I think even more I'd hope that Napoli win. I'd love to play with (Edinson) Cavani.
"My team-mates? (Adam) Johnson has great technique and (Emmanuel) Adebayor is the most fun. (Patrick) Vieira and (Aleksandar) Kolarov helped me a lot when I arrived."