‘I’ve had a very hectic career’: Mario Balotelli on Italian football’s troubles and his future

Striker talks life in Saudi Arabia, problems with the Azzurri and ‘special feeling’ of playing for Manchester City Whenever the name Mario Balotelli is brought up, particularly in Italy, the conversation is almost inevitably laced with a sense of regret. There is that lingering “What if?”, a collective sigh over a p…
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