Surely Milan would never be so stupid, I mean... 30m for him??
Mario Balotelli
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Impossible, AC Milan are skint and they would never pay that kinda money to get this idiot.If you wanna overpay, do it for someone who will bring something really important to the team
From The Guardian.
They're gonna be stuck with him for a long time if that fee doesn't decrease.
€37m
No one's going to pay more than €20m for him and even at that price it might be a waste of money. I think he has the kind of attitude that will be impossible to sort out, there's no manager in the world that wouldn't lose the patience.
How much did they sell Robinho, Adebayor, Jo etc for eventually?
Joke of a 'club'
Joke of a 'club'
Even the rich Russian clubs wouldn't pay 30M+ for him, that's ludicrous. What do City think he's done to deserve such a price tag?
Didn't his agent say he was worth 200m Euros after that Germany performance?!
His agent is Raiola. Don't be surprised if he thinks Balotelli is better than Messi.
Utter prick.
Utter prick.
Overrated as feck, is this gimp.
£30 million?! feck me, I've heard it all now.
£30 million?! feck me, I've heard it all now.
If his attitude was better a case could be made that 30 mil is somewhat realistic for a one of the worlds best young strikers. But his attitude is absolutely shit.
Plus agent fee. It could be well over £40 million.
Ibrahimovic:
Ibrahimovic:
Great, he just needs to prove he is better choice than Aguero, Tevez and Dzeko are, and he is there to save their season.
AC Milan are prepared to offer Manchester City an instalment-based deal which would guarantee them their money back if the Premier League champions agree to sell Mario Balotelli before next week’s transfer deadline.
City manager Roberto Mancini has sanctioned the sale of the controversial 22-year-old this month, but the club’s hierarchy have made it clear the former Inter Milan player will only be sold if an offer which meets their market valuation is received.
City paid €26 m to sign Balotelli from Inter in July 2010 and believe that is still the right price for the Italian international, despite the numerous episodes of indiscipline he has been involved in, both on and off the pitch, during his time at the Etihad Stadium.
Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani insisted at the weekend that City’s initial valuation of €35m was excessive, but it is understood that the Italian giants are prepared to pay the €26m City are looking for.
The sticking point is likely to be Milan’s attempts to structure the deal to pay for Balotelli over as many as six instalments.
City are reluctant to sell Balotelli on those terms, but with Milan still to make a formal offer for the player, senior figures at the Etihad are prepared to wait for the Italians to submit their proposals.
Meanwhile, City full-back Pablo Zabaleta expects to be fit for Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at Stoke after undergoing a scan on a foot injury sustained against Fulham at the weekend.
Zabaleta said: “I took a kick on the top of my foot which caused me a lot of pain afterwards and that’s the reason it was better that I came off.
“Thankfully, the scan showed there was no serious damage. I should be fine for Saturday, but it will be a couple of days before it is 100 per cent again.”
By Mark Ogden, telegraph.co.uk
City manager Roberto Mancini has sanctioned the sale of the controversial 22-year-old this month, but the club’s hierarchy have made it clear the former Inter Milan player will only be sold if an offer which meets their market valuation is received.
City paid €26 m to sign Balotelli from Inter in July 2010 and believe that is still the right price for the Italian international, despite the numerous episodes of indiscipline he has been involved in, both on and off the pitch, during his time at the Etihad Stadium.
Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani insisted at the weekend that City’s initial valuation of €35m was excessive, but it is understood that the Italian giants are prepared to pay the €26m City are looking for.
The sticking point is likely to be Milan’s attempts to structure the deal to pay for Balotelli over as many as six instalments.
City are reluctant to sell Balotelli on those terms, but with Milan still to make a formal offer for the player, senior figures at the Etihad are prepared to wait for the Italians to submit their proposals.
Meanwhile, City full-back Pablo Zabaleta expects to be fit for Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at Stoke after undergoing a scan on a foot injury sustained against Fulham at the weekend.
Zabaleta said: “I took a kick on the top of my foot which caused me a lot of pain afterwards and that’s the reason it was better that I came off.
“Thankfully, the scan showed there was no serious damage. I should be fine for Saturday, but it will be a couple of days before it is 100 per cent again.”
By Mark Ogden, telegraph.co.uk
Ridiculous quote by Ibra
Well that's part of it, but even to back up the claim that he's one of the worlds best young strikers, you'd need a tad more consistency, or at least top notch performances. He can be devastating at times, but that's what? 10%? 15%? Of his games. And he's a bit of a liability when he's not having those great games.
Maybe I'm a bit too harsh with my assessment, but I fail to see how his performances alone (putting the attitude problems aside for a minute) could justify such a price tag.
He's done incredibly well on occasions, but I think it's being built up to this 'he's definitely one of the best in the world potential-wise' thanks to media-spin, in part because he's got an agent good for that kind of bullshit, and in part cos the media loves this type of story (bad boy with an attitude who's wasting his potential when he could be a Ballon d'Or winner apparently). And it's almost like the worse his attitude gets, the less he plays football, the higher his stock becomes.
Well that's part of it, but even to back up the claim that he's one of the worlds best young strikers, you'd need a tad more consistency, or at least top notch performances. He can be devastating at times, but that's what? 10%? 15%? Of his games. And he's a bit of a liability when he's not having those great games.
Maybe I'm a bit too harsh with my assessment, but I fail to see how his performances alone (putting the attitude problems aside for a minute) could justify such a price tag.
He's done incredibly well on occasions, but I think it's being built up to this 'he's definitely one of the best in the world potential-wise' thanks to media-spin, in part because he's got an agent good for that kind of bullshit, and in part cos the media loves this type of story (bad boy with an attitude who's wasting his potential when he could be a Ballon d'Or winner apparently). And it's almost like the worse his attitude gets, the less he plays football, the higher his stock becomes.
I think everyone might be missing a point here - City might not actually want to sell him in which case they have every right to set an unrealistic asking price, it's up to Milan if they are daft enough to match it.
For all his stupidity and shenanigans there is a talented player in there and it's clear Mancini is desperate to bring it out of him. If by some miracle he does decide to grow up and knuckle down he could become a very good player.
I'm not saying I believe he will, I'm just saying that maybe there are some people at City that do (probably very stupidly). I think what I'm saying is that they are not being stupid and trying to offload him and at the same time squeeze out the sort of money that they are never going to get, they are being stupid in doing their best to hold on to him.
For all his stupidity and shenanigans there is a talented player in there and it's clear Mancini is desperate to bring it out of him. If by some miracle he does decide to grow up and knuckle down he could become a very good player.
I'm not saying I believe he will, I'm just saying that maybe there are some people at City that do (probably very stupidly). I think what I'm saying is that they are not being stupid and trying to offload him and at the same time squeeze out the sort of money that they are never going to get, they are being stupid in doing their best to hold on to him.
No surprise Ibrahimovic likes Balotelli
Really don't see how thats feable that Inter would pay that much money for him, despite his talent, his is clearly a case of 'kid in a mans body'
The report states that he is going to Milan not Inter.
Rumours were Napoli bid €30m for El Shaaraway.
I doubt very much that Milan have that sort of money available especially for a lose cannon like Balotelli. From City's point of view though if they are to get an offer of over 20m for him then Id take it, there's better players out there for that sort of money.
I would be surprised if this happened unless City contributed to his wages.
His agent: Mino Raiola.
First of all I dont see why Milan want a lose cannon like him and secondly I am worried City might be more focused now that he is going to go.
Courtesy of WhoScored's Twitter account
He cost £22m. He's done little enough to justify that price since. He is now valued at £17m + Boateng, who I would have thought was easily worth £10m+? Seems a strange one.
Think it's typical The Sun bullshit because of that Boateng bit myself.
It is the Baloteli enigma. 27m + 170k a week, for what? His agent is pretty good anyway.
It is hilarious if anyone is actually willing to risk 30 million euros on Balotelli. It's like playing Russian Roulette with only one empty chamber.
Sounds like a crazy deal from AC Milan's point of view, particularly the Boateng link. After trying to bring down their wage bill, they are going to sign an unreliable cnut who has been on £170k a week? And send one of their better players the other way?
He would be cup-tied for the Champions League as well.
He would be cup-tied for the Champions League as well.
It would bring some stability but at the same weaken their attack. Unless they have got someone lined up to replace him I can't see the transfer going through, more likely to happen in summer.
They'll get Falcao to replace him. Falcao and Aguero.. yep..
That would match ROo and RVP imo, only combo possible other than Ronnie/Messi to match is Kun/Falcao
On a side note, wouldn't pay £10mil for Balo now, all attitude, a lot of POTENTIAL talent, that's it for me.
Falcao looks like the obvious choice but I doubt Atletico will let him leave in January.
Was nice of him to invite The Sun to his leaving do.
I'm assuming he did, considering there's nothing else in that article to suggest he actually did have a leaving do, let alone what he did at it.
I'm assuming he did, considering there's nothing else in that article to suggest he actually did have a leaving do, let alone what he did at it.
If Milan really want him, then they don't deserve to be in better place than they are at right now.
Looks like he's in talks with AC Milan according to the Beeb.
Sky Sports News are reporting that Juventus are in talks to sign him as well.