Mario Balotelli: 'Jose Mourinho is a great manager'

Mario Balotelli doesn't care what you think or what you say.

On Friday, one day after Chelsea and Jose Mourinho parted ways "by mutual consent," Balotelli took to Instagram to defend his former manager from the criticism under which he finds himself, pointing to all the clubs where "The Special One" has experienced glory.

Of course, Balotelli played under Mourinho at Inter Milan, and the pair often bumped heads at the San Siro but ultimately enjoyed a relationship that has survived the test of time.

"Doesn't matter what you think or what you say," Balotelli wrote. "Jose is a great manager and he show it already many times with different teams."