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The wonderful world of our hero Mario Balotelli our 6 favourite Mario Stories

Posted: October 25, 2011 by onefootinthegame in Players
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Mario has taken over our lives at 1FITG Towers. We can’t stop thinking of him, wondering what is he doing RIGHT NOW.

That lead us to our favourite Super Mario Balotelli moments. Here is our list – what are we missing? Spoof (funny) stories welcome too….

1. What do you do when you’ve got a day off and a younger family member to entertain? Go to a womens prison of course! Mario drove his Mercedes Coupe into a women’s prison in Manchester, the officer explained that the pair were questioned for half an hour and said they were “specially curious at the fact it was a women’s prison”.

2. When a youngster asked for an autograph outside City’s training ground, Balotelli demanded to know why the boy was playing truant. After the child revealed he was being bullied, Balotelli drove the boy and his mother to the school in question so he could tackle the bully himself. He demanded to see the headmaster to make him aware of the issue and then mediated between the two boys to resolve the issue. A source said: “Mario feels strongly aboutbullying.”

3. Since moving to Manchester, Balotelli has racked up £10,000 in parking fines and had his white Maserati impounded 27 times. Once he was pulled over by the police who wanted to enquire why he had £25,000 in cash on his front seat. Balotelli reorted: “Because I can.”

4. After gambling at Manchester’s 235 Casino, Balotelli walked away with winnings of £25,000. Feeling generous, he gave a homeless man ‘with ginger dreadlocks and a beard’ £1,000.

5. When Mario spotted the prostitute Jenny Thompson, who was linked with Wayne Rooney, leaving the toilets of a restaurant, he chanted “Rooney, Rooney” before flicking a middle finger at her friends. He then offered to fight one of her entourage. Click here for the full story.At the same restaurant as the above incident a beautiful WAG wannabe walked in. Balotelli shouted ‘Hey!’ with food tumbling out of his mouth. The WAG went over and without saying a word, Balotelli handed her his phone so she could input her number. Plaaaaaaya

6. Mario’s mum over from Italy, asks the cleaner if she has everything she needs. Cleaner: “No, I need all the practical things – iron etc.” Mario’s mum: “Where can we go to buy these things? Write me a list and we’ll go and buy it all” Cleaner: “John Lewis.” So Mario’s ma sends him & his mates to John Lewis with a shopping list in hand…Mario returns to the house 5 hrs later…empty-handed. Cleaner: “Where’s the iron, iron-board etc?” Then a big John Lewis van arrives…van contains nothing from the shopping list bt the following ‘practical items’: – giant trampoline, Scalextric, 2 Vespas, table tennis set’

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A Silva lining?

Posted: July 26, 2010 by onefootinthegame in Premier League
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David Silva: Worth his weight in gold?

Some suggest that Manchester City have a scattergun transfer policy. That Roberto Mancini hands his chairman a list of world-renowned players, and the two of them do all they can to buy every single one, regardless of whether the player is actually required or will indeed strengthen the club. Maybe that is why the £25 million signing of David Silva from Valencia has gone fairly unnoticed.

This is the same David Silva who alongside his namesake David Villa was one of Valencia’s shining lights. For the past four years their names were linked with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

After many valiant efforts to retain both players’ services, Valencia finally succumbed to the clubs’ crippling debt and the two prized assets were sold this summer. On 19 May Valencia’s club captain, David Villa, moved to Barcelona for £34 million in a transfer that many predict will make the all-conquering Catalans even more of an unstoppable force (as if they weren’t exhilarating and fearsome enough already).

Six weeks later, Villa’s former team-mate David Silva was confirmed as Manchester City’s second big money summer signing.

However, whilst David Villa’s transfer to the current La Liga champions has gobbled up many newspaper column inches, you will be hard pressed to find anything other than a whisper about David Silva’s move to nouveau riche Man City.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that during this summer’s World Cup, Villa and not Silva was at the forefront of Spain’s success in the competition. With five goals and some outstanding individual displays, the man nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid) enhanced his reputation as one of the world’s leading strikers.

David Silva, on the other hand, barely featured in any of Spain’s games during the 2010 World Cup. The skillful winger was forced to look on from the bench as his teammates triumphed in South Africa.

This is a shame, as I believe Manchester City have acquired a player who will make a massive impact in the Premier League this season. Something about David Silva excites me. He has guile and skill, and is player with that rare gift to conjure something out of absolutely nothing.

Some will argue that at a meagre 5 foot 7 inches tall, Silva will struggle with the physical nature of the Premier League. That the so-called hatchet men will bully him and nullify his skill. Whilst I admit this is a possibility, Silva’s pace and sharp football brain should be enough for him to out-think and out-manoeuvre even the most robust of defenders.

In a week that many Liverpool fans have championed the free acquisition of Joe Cole, would it be foolish for me to suggest that fans of Manchester City should be rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of seeing the younger, dare I say better version of the England international strutting his stuff at Eastlands’ this season?

As a deluge of superstar names continue to be linked with Manchester City, perhaps it won’t be James Milner, Edin Dzeko or Mario Balotelli that provides the final piece to Roberto Mancini’s jigsaw. I for one have a feeling that David Josué Jiménez Silva will be the most valuable piece in the Manchester City boss’ puzzle.