Recent reports from Eastlands say that Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli yearns for Italy and regrets moving to England. As quickly as Roberto Mancini was able to settle Carlos Tevez and convince the homesick striker to stay in Manchester, so too will Mancini have to work his magic on the want-away Balotelli.
Homesick Manchester City Striker Mario Balotelli Aches For Italy
As reported on The Guardian, Balotelli, aged just 20 years and only four months into a five year contract at Manchester City, has found life as a Premier League footballer a difficult settle and fails to see his situation in Manchester improving. Viewed by those around him at Eastlands as a loner, Balotelli is given permission to fly back home to Italy whenever players are given time off and even declined the opportunity to attend the club’s annual Christmas party.
Wasn’t it the late, great Notorious B.I.G. who once articulated “Mo Money, Mo Problems”? While Manchester City and their ever faithful band of devoted followers settle into life as a “big club”, the number of new footballers introduced at Eastlands in the last few years has been astounding. With that injection of cash into the club by owner Sheikh Mansour, queue new blood in the form of some of the most talented footballers in Europe.
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