Wasnt that with the French NT ? If you're going blame him for being a prick there ,might as well point fingers at the likes of Evra too.Domenech with the France national team was always a disjointed unit and there were many who were against him infact.
Never remember him experiencing any sort of attitude problems of Balotelli proportions anywhere's he's been at club level in recent times.
As much as I was against getting Balo, it would be a good transfer if it happened. With just a little will he'd be a starter here easily. For 20m it's a good deal considering it's January. No player of his class goes for such price. Keeping in mind we're in need of cf for so long it was probably opportunity which we should have taken.