Adrian Gonzalez will bring a big résumé and personality to the Mets’ clubhouse, but also the potential for controversy.

The 35-year-old first baseman, who agreed to terms with the club on a one-year contract over the weekend — the Mets will pay him only the minimum salary on the $22.4 million he is owed for this season, following his release from the Braves — has been known to test the patience of teammates.

“He can really talk — he is a smart guy and he is excessive in his willingness to share his thoughts,” said Bobby Valentine, who managed Gonzalez with the Red Sox in 2012. “It wasn’t excessive to me, but I think it’s excessive to some people, because he really does talk a lot.”

Gonzalez was linked to the clubhouse insurrection that contributed to Valentine’s firing in Boston, but later denied he was a ringleader. According to reports, Gonzalez sent an email to management outlining players’ grievances with Valentine.

With the Dodgers last season, Gonzalez raised eyebrows by traveling to Italy with his family during the NLCS instead of remaining with the team, after a recurring back injury had sidelined him from the roster. Gonzalez rejoined his teammates during the World Series.

Even with the controversies and outspokenness, Valentine said Gonzalez shouldn’t be viewed as a clubhouse toxin.

“He was one of the guys I really was able to talk to in Boston,” said Valentine, who managed the Mets from 1996 to 2002. “There was always a connection in my mind where I kind of followed what he was saying. The reputation thing, maybe he tells the truth too much. Maybe guys don’t like hearing stuff that he says. I didn’t experience that necessarily, but the stuff he said always made sense to me and resonated.

“If he was saying the same stuff to me and then saying it to some of the guys, maybe they didn’t like hearing it. That was a weird group that he was with up there [in Boston].”

The Mets are hoping Gonzalez, who played only 71 games for the Dodgers last season because of back problems, can revitalize his career and give the team another option at first base as Dominic Smith attempts to show he is deserving of the starting job. Smith was largely unimpressive during his six-week audition with the club last season — his weight also became an issue — prompting general manager Sandy Alderson to search for an alternative.

Gonzalez, a five-time All-Star, is seen as a low-risk/high-reward option.

“In 2012 Adrian was still a pure hitter, one of the guys who could give a clinic, that kind of hitter, and he could definitely catch at first base,” Valentine said.

“He’s the slowest runner I think I’ve ever had, other than a backup catcher I once had. [Gonzalez] is a really slow runner, so that is a detriment a little in trying to get him around the bases.”

Valentine predicts Gonzalez will fit in with the Mets, as long as he performs at a reasonable level.

“You don’t want somebody saying and talking the things he talks about if he’s not being productive, because he will have an opinion on most everything,” Valentine said. “That bugs some people, but it never bugged me. That’s what you’re getting into, and I think it’s well worth a half-a-million bucks. It’s a heck of a little gamble.”