Balotelli tells Fedez: “Messi and Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or because I played at 20%” – Football

“I would never have gone to the Juventusbut I could go there after the years al Manchester City“. Mario Balotelli was told to Fedez in a long interview given to the “Muschio Selvaggio” podcast. The facts date back to 2013′: “I had an appointment in Turin with Marotta, Nedved and Conte. Raiola had spoken to the management, there was an offer. On his return from Turin, Mino called Galliani, told him he was sending me to Juve and so I chose Milan. Juve has always been my antagonist, even if it is too strong.” Balotelli chose Milan, an experience that lasted a year before transferring to Liverpool and returning to the Rossoneri. In Balotelli’s heart, however, there is still Inter: “I still love Inter today, I owe my entire career to the club and to Moratti”. The striker currently plays for Sion in the Swiss league.

“Mourinho is very nice, we still talk”

Balotelli who also praised José Mourinho: “Mourinho is very nice, sometimes we still talk. We both have a difficult character to manage. Sometimes we went into confrontation, but it was a fatherly confrontation, like son and father. A One day we leave from Appiano Gentile to go and play in Catania. On the bus I had a discussion with Mourinho: I got off, took the car and went home. But I still have a good relationship with him.” Besides Mourinho, Balotelli’s point of reference was Marco Materazzi: “I’ve always considered him an older brother. Both when I was wrong and when I did well, he always came to me to talk to me.”

“Totti’s football in the Italian Cup final? He told me ‘I didn’t even take you well'”

Among the episodes that marked Balotelli’s career there is also the football received by Francesco Totti in the 2010 Coppa Italia final: “That day Totti was nervous because the coach hadn’t let him play, he wasn’t angry with me. He was wrong to give me that kick, but it happens. Then I wrote to him to find out why me had given it and he replied: “I didn’t even take you well”. Totti I respect him very much, I love him. He made the history of Italian football”. For Balotelli there are also regrets: “Raiola always told me that Ronaldo And Messi they have so many Ballon d’Ors because I played 20% of my chances and that if I played 100% I would have won them. If I look at my career, I have one regret: I could have done more”. Finally, a passage on the strongest players in this period: “The strongest player is still Messi. Haaland And Mbappe, if they have the right head, for the next 10 years they will be the next Messi and Ronaldo. I also really like Leao and Osimhen. For me, these four can make football history.”