Brazilian footballer Felipe Melo, who has been on the end of some harsh criticism from former Juventus teammate Giorgio Chiellini, has responded by saying the Italian should not be publishing a book when people around the world are dying.
The veteran centre-back took aim at Italy teammate Mario Balotelli, with whom he has already settled the dispute, and Melo in his new autobiography.
The Brazilian midfielder, who joined the Bianconeri in 2009 and spent four years on the club's books, was labelled the "worst of the worst" and a "rotten apple" by Chiellini in his book.
He has since responded to the defender's remarks, suggesting that releasing a book amid the coronavirus outbreak is an insensitive action.
"He just has a problem with me because I headbutted him when we were playing against Siena," Melo said on Instagram live.
"I haven't spoken to him since and he wrote this book. I said what I needed to say. A thousand things happened at Juve and I could write a thousand books about it, far more important stuff than this.
"Chiellini never apologised to me, but that's fine, as long as he takes responsibility for what he said. He just stirred up this controversy to sell his book.
"He should've followed the example set by the great Javier Zanetti, vice-president of Inter, who never even spoke about Juve in his book.
"Besides which, this is really not the time to be publishing a book, when people are dying."
