Mario Balotelli

[Barca fan]

Are you with or against Balotelli playing for italy

[Emilfu]

First of all, are you high?

Mario Balotelli got his Italian citizenship years ago, furthermore he is born in Italy by Ghanaian immigrants and at the age of 3 adopted by the Balotelli family who raised him in Italy.

Dont even go and compare it with Amauri, Deco etc. Because those are completely different cases, nothing related to Mario Balotelli.

[maniaFCB]

First of all, are you high?

[IndoCulé]

Don't really care if he has Italian citizenship or now. I would like to see him play for Barca. I believe he's going to be one hell of a striker in the future.

[bobo]

I think he's an overrated diva. Whatever nationality he is.

[marcel]

He was born in Palermo. He is Italian. What the feck are you going on about?

[IndoCulé]

Balotelli Risks Inter Future By Wearing Milan Shirt

Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli appears to have put his future at the club in further jeopardy after wearing an AC Milan shirt on a television show.

Balotelli has not been included in Inter's last three squads after a reported argument with Jose Mourinho and there are serious doubts about whether he will remain with the Serie A champions long-term.

The 19-year-old risked further negative publicity this week when he appeared on comedy show Striscia La Notizia and accepted a gift of a Milan jersey emblazoned with his name. Balotelli, a childhood Rossoneri fan, is later pictured wearing the shirt.

The show's presenter also asked whether Inter's win over Chelsea was Mourinho's victory given his decision to axe the striker, but Balotelli dismissed the suggestion.

"No way," he said. "It was the team that won at Stamford Bridge, not Mourinho."

Balotelli also said "there's no point" asking him about why he has not been included in recent squads. "You need to ask those who are higher up," he added. "I don't know. Maybe the other players are just stronger than I am."

The player's agent, Mino Raiola, later defended Balotelli's actions, saying the show should be taken as a "joke" and that he is a "boy of 19 who may not understand the consequences of what he does".

"I hope the fans understand that you cannot take a programme like Striscia seriously," he told Telelombardia and Antenna 3.

Article taken from: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... pe&cc=4716

[IndoCulé]

What a dumb thing to do.

[Emilfu]

That article from goal.com is written by a piss poor journalist.

Watch the entire movieclip, its all staged and what could Balotelli do?

[pabz]

That article from goal.com is written by a piss poor journalist.

That's goal.com for ya. They're all piss poor.

[xenmate]

for Barça...

Yay or Nay?

[dee08fcb]

nay he needs to change his attitude if he is going to become a world class player

[maniaFCB]

Nay. The kid has got potential but a huge ego as well. Come to think of it, if anyone could coach him into being more humble and team-oriented, it would be Guardiola. He has the physical skills to compete in any of the top teams in Europe IMO.

[Emilfu]

Absolutely yes, If we can get him for a bargain it really should be considered a definate purchase.

He is one of the brightest young stars in the world of football, and if theres a coach who can handle him, its Pep Guardiola.

[Magus]

Nay. If we'll get him and then get Ac Milan in group stages or further, he'll probably start saying that we'll lose. Imagine what that would do to our boys. The Henry incident against Arsenal is enough.