After grabbing Jordan by the throat and later headbutting him, the AC Milan midfielder made out, via his agent, that he had been provoked by the Tottenham coach calling Gattuso a 'f****** Italian b******'.
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But Jordan broke his silence, telling Sportsmail: 'To come up with something like that is pathetic. It is completely and utterly untrue and something so wildly inaccurate doesn't do him much credit.
'He clearly doesn't realise I consider playing for Milan the proudest time of my career, that my daughter lives and works in Italy and that I love the country and the people.'
Milan hope UEFA will be lenient with Gattuso when they meet on Monday and have prepared a dossier to help him avoid a lengthy ban.
Club chief executive Adriano Galliani said: 'What Rino did was an unpleasant episode that was not good. But he has been deeply provoked and should not be criminalised.'
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Source: Daily Mail
Source: Daily Mail