Mario Balotelli

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“In 10 years time, you will know what you’ve done.” Balotelli tells Osimhen

The name Victor Osimhen will forever be revered in Napoli and the reason isn’t far-fetched. He scored the title winner

The Nigerian forward ushered Napoli into their first Serie A title, the Scudetto title after 33 years. His equalizer in Napoli’s 1-1 draw with Udinese on Thursday is the club’s first since the Diego Maradona era.

Osimhen has also now equalled Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah’s record for the highest African goalscorer in Serie A with 46 goals, broken Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o’s record for the most goals scored by an African player in a single Serie A season. With 22 Serie A goals, 4 assists in 27 games this season, he will become the first African to win the Serie A Golden Boot.

Former Italian player, Mario Balotelli, congratulated the man of the moment on his Instagram live session on Thursday,  adding that  he would realize how huge of a feat it is later on.

 “I have been calling some friends from Napoli, it is crazy. Trust me, you did something incredible. You still don’t know what you did. You will realise with the years. Not tomorrow, not next year. In ten years, you will understand what you did.” Balotelli said.

Reacting to the victory, the forward tweeted, “A Prophecy Fulfilled! GOD Is The Greatest.”

We can safely say he has become the greatest Napoli player in the club’s history.

Take a bow champ!

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Balotelli was right to call me his worst coach – Brendan Rodgers

 
Brendan Rodgers has responded to claims made by his former player, Mario Balotelli that he is his “worst ever coach. The Nice forward who joined Liverpool in 2014 and left in 2016 after scoring just one goal was asked by Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport to name his worst coach of his career.  He described his relationship with Rodgers as ‘a disaster’ & ‘the biggest disappointment’ of any coach he has worked under. The Irish football coach has however affirmed that his statement isn’t far from the truth.
The Celtic manager told talkSPORT, “He was probably absolutely spot on. I just couldn’t really connect with Mario. He was one that came in very late in the window. It was a gamble taken from a club perspective. It was one where, he’s a big talent, he’ll come in and develop, he’s got all the tools.
“In all fairness, I just find it very difficult to connect with Mario. On the field, he tried his best. But yeah, it certainly wasn’t something that worked out as everyone would like. If you sit with him in the office, the guy’s a good fella, a good guy. If he could ever match that intensity with his talent, then he’d be one of the best players in the world.
“On the field, it was something that never worked out. That season was difficult for us. But now I hope he’s got a club, that might be a final chance over in France. But hopefully it can work out for him.”
 

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Mario Balotelli rejected by Serie A outfit Sassuolo

The quest for Liverpool’s forgotten man, Mario Balotelli to find a new side is far from over as Serie A outfit, Sassuolo turn down the chance to sign him. The Italian striker who was once labelled as the paradigm of the modern footballer has been excluded from Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp’s plans and told he can leave the club this summer. 
Sassuolo chief executive Giovanni Carnevali told RaiSport’s Zona11pm show, ‘Mino Raiola (his agent) offered us Balotelli, but we refused.’
Turkish side Besiktas, Nantes as well as Everton are some of the clubs who have reportedly indicated interest in the out-of-favour player.
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Mourinho was right about Balotelli – Steven Gerrard.

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Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, in his book My Story, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail described Italian forward, Mario Balotelli “unmanageable”.

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The 25 year-old returned to AC Milan a month back after he couldn’t find his feet at the English club. Gerrard in his book revealed that Balotelli “lapsed in training and the subsequent games. His demeanour was very poor. I made my up mind pretty quickly after that about Balotelli.



“We got on fine. I still tried to help him and I kept looking for chances to praise him but I could see why Mourinho had been right when he said Balotelli is unmanageable.
“He is very talented with the potential to be world class, but he’ll never get there because of his mentality and the people around him. Balotelli’s always late, he always wants attention.”‎

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The LA Galaxy midfielder added that, “He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: ‘I don’t mark on corners. I can’t.’



“Brendan was very firm. He said to Balotelli: ‘Well, you can now — and if you can’t then you’re going to learn.'”

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Adriano Galliani claims Balotelli has changed radically at Milan

Chief Executive officer of AC Milan, Adriano Galliani has disclosed that Mario Balotelli has changed radically since he joined the club. While with Liverpool last season and previously with Manchester City, the eccentric striker has been renowned as much for his off-the-pitch antics than his play on it, but Galliani insists Balotelli has turned over a new leaf since he last played from Milan in 2014.

“He has an extraordinary attitude, he’s changed radically,” Galliani said. “He’s the first to arrive at [the training centre] and the last to leave. “Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic often wants the players to have breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and he’s always there before 8.

“He’s probably realised that this is his last chance and I’m sure he won’t waste it. His technical ability has never been in question. “If he continues with the approach he’s had in this first week then he’ll be fine.”
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Balotelli left out of Liverpool squad – ESPN

Mario Balotelli has been reportedly left out of Liverpool squad on a pre-season trip to Finland.
The decision affirms speculations that the club are keen on his sale as Manager Brendan Rodgers looks to clear his team of fringe players. Liverpool had already indicated that they were prepared to listen to offers for Balotelli, who has attracted confirmed interest from Sampdoria and Bologna, as well as being linked with their Serie A rivals Lazio.
Balotelli was also omitted from the squad for their recent tour of the Far East and Australia.
The Italian striker is only 11 months into the three-year deal he signed when joining Liverpool from AC Milan for £16m last August. He scored four goals last season and frustrated Rodgers with a series of disappointing performances.
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Balotelli wants those of you mocking Boateng to remember this.

The past few days have been a bit traumatic for Bayern Munich’s  Jerome Boateng after his infamous slip beside Barcelona’s Lionel Messi during the Catalans’ 3-0 first-leg Champions League victory over Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou. 
The German has been the butt of jokes and subject of comical memes of football fans worldwide. Some even recreated the video of his shocking fall and shared it to the world. His reaction to the ridicule came in form of a meme posted to his ‘haters’ few days back.
Italian international, Mario Balotelli is one of the very few people who have (un)surprisingly come to his defence.

The Italian posted the above photo on his instagram page hitting back at Boateng’s critics.

He wrote: “@jeromeboateng many people take the piss but they might have forget few months ago he won this. Keep it up bro”

 



Who knows? This might be a subtle sub.
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Penalty drama: Gerrard accuses Balotelli of being disrespectful. The italian reacts.

Whenever there is drama, you can guarantee that Mario Balotelli is never too far away. He revels in it.

Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard has accused Mario Balotelli of being disrespectful by taking the ball off skipper Jordan Henderson and fellow striker Daniel Sturridge to take the winning penalty in their first leg of their Europa League clash with Besiktas yesterday.

Gerrard who missed the match due to injurt added that the dressing room would have experienced another drama if the former AC milan forward had missed the penalty.

“Jordan is the captain and Mario would have seen that Jordan was on penalties and he has shown him a but of disrespect there, but he we have got away with it. If I was on the pitch, I’d have taken the penalty, that’s what would have happened. Basically Jordan Henderson should have taken that penalty and Mario has been a bit mischievous by standing in front of him and going against the manager’s plan.
“Fair play to him, he finished the penalty off, but it would have been very interesting in that dressing room if he had missed the penalty. It’s a fantastic penalty, it’s a big goal and fair play to him, but it’s more than that. Around six or seven people in the team would have wanted to take that penalty, so what happens if six or seven people are fighting over the ball around the penalty spot.
“It’s not nice to see players taking the ball off each other on a penalty. For me, rules are rules and codes are codes inside a dressing room. When a manager selects a penalty taker, that penalty taker should take it. It should have been Henderson.
“Mario was terrific when he came on and he helped to change the game in Liverpool’s favour. With the pressure on his shoulders, he slotted it away very well and it’s a big goal for us.
“Jordan handled the situation very well. He knows Mario wants the penalty really badly, Mario is desperate to get on the score sheet. He has stepped away at the right time because I don’t like to see it when players are fighting over the ball. It’s not right for the image of the game.
“At the end of the day, what’s important for myself and all the fans here is we got the win and it has put us in a very good position for next week.”

The 24 year-old prolific penalty taker couldn’t really be bothered about the reactions, slotting the ball home was the objective. He took to his instagram page to play down the situation:
“Thank you Hendo for let me take the penalty.. Stop drama now. We won that’s what it count. We are a team and expecially we are Liverpool. Come on guys.” He wrote

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