Mario Balotelli
Mario Barwuah Balotelli (born 12 August 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Internazionale. He is known for being a pacey striker with great technical ability who can play anywhere along the front line. He is also a good set-piece taker.
Balotelli was born in the Italian city of Palermo and is the son of Ghanaian immigrants Thomas and Rose Barwuah, who then moved to Bagnolo Mella, Brescia. In 1993, at the age of three, the Barwuah family agreed to entrust Mario to the Balotelli family; the legal move was successively formalized by the Court of Brescia. Balotelli later accused his biological parents of “glory hunting” stating that they only wanted him back when he became famous. They resided in Concesio, a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. According to Law 91 of 5 February 1992,[5] Balotelli had to wait until his 18th birthday in order to request Italian citizenship, as his adoption was never made definitive, which he officially gained on 13 August 2008.
Overall Opinion
For me, Mario Balotelli has become a key fixture in my Inter Milan squad, this just in 2009-2010 season. He is extremely strong as well as being fast enough to beat most defenders. He played most of the season as a forward on the right or an attacking midfielder again on the right. His positioning can be a problem sometimes but nothing serious, the only occasion was when he drifted infield instead of sticking tight to the wing, it really is nit-picking however, at the start he can be bought for around the £6m mark and requires a contract of about £16,000. He quickly increases in price and I have had continuous offers from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea offering in excess of £20m. As you can see from his stats below he is a good all round attacking player and loves to run-off defenders, he has made experienced defenders look stupid. He also draws fouls which is a bonus as his free-kick stats are good and he should score quite a lot of them throughout the season.
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As you can see he is a solid player stats wise and has a brilliant return on goals and assists, keep in mind over half those games he played in the attacking midfielder role for most games. He was so influential during my champions league run he was named in the EURO team of the season.
His report from my Assistant manager Baldini is also glowing.
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Conclusion
Mario Balotelli is a brilliant asset, he has the potential to become one of the best in game and in my game in particular, there is no club in the game he couldn’t instantly move to. The offers from the worlds best in my particular game shows his ability and the fact that he has kept the likes of Carlos Tevez and Adriano out of my Inter squad speaks for itself.
