Mario Balotelli, what future? Three teams on him, time is running out and the bomber must choose
Balotelli, tre squadre su di lui: il bomber sceglie ma il tempo stringe – SerieAnews
It seemed like it should have been the right choice, the one able to relaunch him after several months without a team, spent training alone hard to be ready for the appointment when a club would call him. We are of course referring to Mario Balotelli and Genoa, chosen moreover at a time when several teams were courting him, not only Italian.
A survey by Torino in Serie A, even seemed almost done for his move to granata, but also and especially a Brazilian club, a Saudi club and several scattered in Europe. Foreign solutions that SuperMario never really considered because of his desire to play in Serie A.
And the call from the top league then came: that of Genoa, with Alberto Gilardino in great emergency in attack who had asked the management precisely for Balotelli. The coach, as a former center forward that he was, sounded out the free market and evaluated in SuperMario the only possible option to give the team a technical and qualitative surplus.
Mario Balotelli, la firma con il Genoa e la rottura con Vieira
A purchase then also advocated by then-president Zangrillo, who in the press had incensed the class of ’92 striker. The reality, however, was then different. Gilardino, in fact, could never count on the contribution of the number 45 because he was exonerated a week after his arrival.
Mario Balotelli, la firma con il Genoa e la rottura con Vieira (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
And instead, Patrick Vieira arrived in Genoa, a choice that the Grifone made that changed the game for the center forward’s future. Relations between the two, in fact, have never been idyllic, far from it. Old grudges dating back to the adventure in Nice, with a rift between the two evidently never overcome.
The fact of the matter is that Vieira has been using Balotelli with the dropper: six match segments for a total of 56′ for the center forward who has not even been summoned in recent weeks. Official rupture and inevitable farewell for the center forward, as also confirmed by ds Ottolini.
Nuovo club per SuperMario: tre opzioni per il bomber
And so Mario Balotelli is looking for a new club that can bet on him between now and the end of the season. The former Inter striker’s appeal is still strong abroad. Corinthians in Brazil, clubs from Saudi Arabia but also from the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Japan and South Korea have made their first moves toward the player. Exotic destinations, there where soccer is certainly not at European levels.
Nuovo club per SuperMario: tre opzioni per il bomber (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
Hence the proposals already rejected in the past by Balotelli, who is ready to do it again. On the other hand, three clubs are courting him. First and foremost Trapani, which has already made an official move a few weeks ago, complete with an announcement via social media by the president of the Sicilian club.
The only downside? Trapani plays in the C round of Serie C, not exactly the top league. That’s why Eusebio Di Francesco’s Venezia would be in pole at the moment: the lagunari lost Pohjanpalo, the princely bomber, “Il Doge” as he was nicknamed in the Veneto. The transfer to Palermo deprived the coach of a prolific center forward like few others, and Balotelli could be just the right and ideal solution to attempt the road to salvation.
It cannot be ruled out, however, that even Torino in the last hours before the market’s gong to come forward to give Vanoli a bomber.
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