Balotelli: Most careless player
MADCAP Mario Balotelli has notched up nearly £10,000 (sh23m) in parking fines and has had his luxury car impounded 27 times.
MADCAP Mario Balotelli has notched up nearly £10,000 (sh23m) in parking fines and has had his luxury car impounded 27 times.
The Manchester City star has left liaison officers at the club tearing their hair out as they have had to go back time and time again to reclaim his car.
The £100,000-a-week (sh238m) Italian striker has had an average of three parking tickets a day since he signed for the Premier League club last year.
A source at the club said: “Mario will drive from his luxury apartment to a restaurant a few streets away and leave the car on double yellows.
“Mario was once pulled over by the police and he had £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. They asked him why and he said, ‘Because I can’. He doesn’t care much for authority.â€
Balotelli has also paid £300,000 in club fines, most recently for throwing darts at a youth team player. And on the field he has had ten yellow cards and two reds in only 24 appearances.
The Manchester City star has left liaison officers at the club tearing their hair out as they have had to go back time and time again to reclaim his car.
The £100,000-a-week (sh238m) Italian striker has had an average of three parking tickets a day since he signed for the Premier League club last year.
A source at the club said: “Mario will drive from his luxury apartment to a restaurant a few streets away and leave the car on double yellows.
“Mario was once pulled over by the police and he had £25,000 cash on the passenger seat. They asked him why and he said, ‘Because I can’. He doesn’t care much for authority.â€
Balotelli has also paid £300,000 in club fines, most recently for throwing darts at a youth team player. And on the field he has had ten yellow cards and two reds in only 24 appearances.