Doctrine ORM PHP user roles QueryException

Question

Issue: Doctrine\ORM\Query\QueryException

Semantical Error] line 0, col 45 near 'roles IN(:ro': Error: Invalid PathExpression. StateFieldPathExpression or SingleValuedAssociationField expected.

Caused By:

 $qb->select('u')
        ->from(\Eho\Core\Entity\User::class,'u')
        ->where($qb->expr()->in('u.roles',':roleTypes'))
        ->setParameter('roleType', $roleTypes);

Where $roleTypes = Object \App\Entity\Role::class (tested both singular and array of)

Structure and ENV

• Entities: User, Roles
• Tables: user, roles, user_roles

Relationship on Entity User:

class User {
:
    @ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity="\App\User\Entity\Role")
    @ORM\JoinTable(name="user_role",
          joinColumns={@ORM\JoinColumn(name="user_id", referencedColumnName="id")},
          inverseJoinColumns={@ORM\JoinColumn(name="role_id", referencedColumnName="id")}
          )
    private $roles;

I've tried several methods (em->findByRoles($role) , $em->findByRoles([$roles]); which produces:

An exception occurred while executing a query: SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'user_role.role_id' in 'where clause'

The column is on the table user_roles

CREATE TABLE user_role ( id int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
user_id int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL, role_id int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL )