Gennaro Gattuso fumed at pundit Josko Jelicic in an angry on-air exchange on Croatian TV.
The former Rangers midfielder - now Hadjuk Split manager - snubbed a handshake with the former retired Croatian footballer as he arrived in the MaxSport studio for an interview.
Split fell to a 3-0 defeat to Rijeka on Sunday in a top-of-the-table clash. Rijeka now sit two points clear of Gattuso's side in the league table.
Things got heated between Joško Jeličić and Gennaro Gattuso after the match. pic.twitter.com/NZEd6Qe04x
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In an animated exchange, which crossed into three different languages, Gattuso said: "I don't need to answer you, you speak too much. You know very well the situation and you always speak very bad.
"I don't have respect for you. You speak very bad. I don't want to speak with you.
“Show respect for the person, show respect for the person. That’s my style.
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"You only talk on a studio chair, you talk here, you talk here about football.
“You’re a nasty person, you’re a nasty person, what have you ever won in your life?
"You act like you’ve conquered the world."
It's not the first time Gattuso has hit the headlines for his handling of media situations as he previously joked his player should say little and then "f*** off" before a press conference.
Gattuso smirked, before telling Filip Krovinovic: "Filip, don't speak too much, come on, very quickly and f**k off!"
