Manchester City centre-back Martin Demichelis has blamed Louis van Gaal for his exit from Bayern Munich in 2011.
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Demichelis joined Bayern from River Plate in 2003, going on to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal four times apiece during his 259 competitive appearances for the club.
However, he had a difficult relationship with Van Gaal, who had been appointed in the summer of 2009, and the pair clashed after the first match of the 2010-11 season when the Argentina international was demoted to the bench.
Van Gaal subsequently decided Demichelis was surplus to requirements and offloaded him to Malaga during the winter transfer window, but the Dutchman, now in charge of Manchester United, was dismissed as Bayern boss just two months later.
Demichelis told Sport Bild he felt like "a son of the house" during his seven-and-a-half years with Bayern but added: "When Van Gaal came, it began to stink."
The defender, 33, played for Malaga until the end of the 2012-13 season. He joined Atletico Madrid that summer, but was sold on to City after only two months, having not worn the Atletico jersey once.