Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o has lifted the lid on the reasons behind Rafael Benitez's sacking, saying he 'lost the dressing room.'
The former Liverpool boss took over from Jose Mourinho at the San Siro at the start of the current campaign but lasted just five months before being shown the exit door.
Inter have not dominated this season as they did under Mourinho but, with a game in hand, they are just six points behind league-leading AC Milan and with a real chance of winning the Scudetto.
Eto'o does not feel that it was just results that led to Benitez's departure and revealed that an incident occurred that prompted a fall-out with some of the players.
"What mistake did Benitez make? Until the match against Juventus (a 0-0 draw on October 3) we had been playing well," he said.
"Then something happened in the dressing room, which I will keep to myself, and things ended up as they did."
Asked whether he was one of the mutineers, the Cameroon international hit-man made it clear that he was firmly on the side of the Spanish tactician.
"No, I wasn't," he replied. "I have known him since I was 17 and I had a great relationship with him. But others had it in for him."