Matteo Guendouzi: New footage shows why Joaquin got so wound up by him

Matteo Guendouzi has a reputation as a wind-up merchant.

The former Arsenal midfielder is incredibly talented, which is highlighted by the fact he has six caps for France under his belt.

But while Guendouzi is a potential superstar in the making, he will not be winning a popularity contest any time soon.

The 23-year-old seems to be involved in a scrap every single time he takes to the field, even in pre-season friendlies.

During Marseille’s latest preparatory fixture against Real Betis in Chesterfield, Guendouzi was involved in a skirmish after the French club took a 1-0 lead through Arkadiusz Milik.

Veteran winger Joaquin got into a tussle with Guendouzi and Andres Guardado then decided to pull his opponent by the hair.

But why were the Betis players so angry? Well, new footage has revealed exactly why.

After Marseille scored, Guendouzi went on the wind up, appearing to make a 1-0 gesture with his hands to the bench.

Joaquin was having absolutely none of it and intervened, with Guendouzi then telling the 41-year-old to “f**k off”.

Things turned even uglier shortly after…

Les raisons de l’embrouille entre Guendouzi et Joaquin. La tignasse marseillaise démarre fort sa saison et encore, on est que dans les matchs amicaux. pic.twitter.com/gOm9g7uVZJ

Guendouzi just cannot help himself, can he? The long-haired midfielder must be an absolute nightmare to play against.

The youngster must also be incredibly tough to manage at times, something which his former boss at Lorient Mickael Landreau previously touched on in an interview.

“He annoyed me terribly, he is very complicated to manage,” Landreau told Canal+.

“He sometimes has some behaviours within a group that are very, very hard. But somehow, that’s what he is: big; he