If someone had said to me a year ago “Mario Balotelli would come to English football and turn out to be the biggest waste of money since the likes of Andriy Shevchenko and Alberto Aquilani” I would have laughed in their face.
However, my opinion has now changed somewhat, having had to put up with his tantrums and moments of sheer idiocy for the majority of what has been a brilliant season.
At first I welcomed Balotelli’s arrival, with memories of his stunning free kick in the Champions League match between Inter Milan and Rubin Kazan fresh in my mind. A storm down the touchline and a karate kick later and Balotelli has started to show his true colours.
He can be one of the best young players in the world, with strength, good footwork and the occasional moment of brilliance, but the negatives are too overpowering.
Whether Manchester City succeed in their aim to win silverware this year or not, Balotelli could well be on his way back to Italy come the summer.
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| Mario out in the cold with the Man City faithful |
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