Balotelli: "The best day ever"
Mario Balotelli is now officially an Italian citizen after this morning’s ceremony at the town hall in Concesio, Brescia province. The Inter striker answered questions from journalists shortly after the ceremony. This is what he had to say:
Mario Balotelli, from this morning you are an Italian citizen in every respect…
“I had been waiting for this moment for a long time. I’m thrilled.”
Are you more moved today than when you made your Serie A debut? cradle 2 the grave divx
“I’m much more moved today than on the day of my Serie A debut.”
In recent days you said that as an 18th birthday present you wanted to win the Champions League or earn a call-up to the Italian national team. Marcello Lippi will announce his squad in the next few days. Are you expecting a call-up as a present?
“Yes. It would be the best present I could receive.”
Even more than the Champions League?
“It’s pointless to make comparisons like these. The national team is something you feel inside yourself. It’s superior to everything.”
Your mother said she has been through some difficult times over the years.
“Yes. Life in Italy is much harder for a foreigner than for an Italian. I could give you many examples, like when you’re forced to stand in endless queues to get into the offices of the police headquarters. I did it once with my mother and once was enough for me. She has done it tens of times for me. It’s not a nice thing, knowing that I was born in Italy and had never lived outside Italy. But this is certainly one of the minor inconveniences.”
What season are you expecting to have at Inter?
“Inter are very strong this year. I’m expecting to have a season like last year, and besides the league I also hope to win both the Coppa Italia and the Champions League.”
How is your relationship with José Mourinho, your new coach at Inter?
“I have the same relationship as the rest of my team-mates. A normal relationship. He’s a very good coach who talks a lot with the players, and we’re all happy with him.”
They say that Mourinho pays special attention to you…
“Maybe because I’m the youngest in the squad, but he tells me off when I make mistakes, just like he does with all the others.”
From a tactical point of view are you still getting used to playing in wide position in a 4-3-3?
“Wherever the coach plays me, it’s fine by me. I had already played on the wing last season. I still have to improve a few movements, but I adapt without any problems.”
Did you receive any special birthday messages from any of your team-mates yesterday?
“They all wished me Happy Birthday, both to me and Paolo Orlandoni who has the same birthday as me. Me and him brought the pastries and we all celebrated together.”
Did you think about changing team at any point during the summer?
“No. I had a contract for several years and I certainly couldn’t say I wanted to join one club rather than another. I had a contract with Inter and I’m happy to have stayed here, and I always knew I would stay.”
You have some important objectives: the national team, the Champions League. Why not think about winning the Ballon d’Or too?
“That is every player’s top target, together with the World Cup. It’s hard, there’s still a lot of work to do.”
Who do you get on best with in the squad?
“I have always said that I get on well with everyone, on and off the pitch.”
Which of your team-mates do you watch most closely in order to ’steal’ a few secrets of the trade?
“I watch all of them because they are all true phenomenons.”
Has Lippi called you yet. Are you curious to meet him?
“I have already met him. It was in Viareggio when I was playing in the Carnival Cup with the Primavera.”
What was your impression?
“He seemed just like any other person. He was walking, I was walking.”
What is the nicest present you received for your birthday?
“The nicest one would be a call-up to the national team.”
Is your idol still Ronaldo?
“Ronaldo is the number one.” (OIS)
Mario earns new contract?
Inter are edging closer to agreeing a contract extension with teen striking star Mario Balotelli.
At the tender age of 17, Palermo native Balotelli exploded into the nation’s consciousness with two decisive goals against Juventus in the quarter-finals of last term’s Coppa Italia.
Roberto Mancini opted to field the powerful hitman in place of David Suazo and Hernan Crespo at the end of last season and he seems to be on the road to superstardom.
However, Balotelli has repeatedly stressed that he feels no special attachment to Inter and has been targeted by a number of top sides, including Chelsea.
But the Nerazzurri have stepped up their efforts to tie Super Mario to San Siro and are reportedly willing to offer him a lucrative deal that expires in 2013.
As a youth player, Balotelli currently earns just £50,000 per year, but his new terms may see him net £1.1m with an annual increase.
By 2013, Balotelli would be earning around £2.5m per season should he opt to remain a Nerazzurro. (C4)
Why Balotelli couldn't become Italian citizen before 18th birthday
Inter star Mario Balotelli couldn’t get Italian citizenship until he turned 18 and his biological parents explain why.
The youngster of Ghanaian descent has lived with his foster family in Brescia since he was two years old and considers them to be his only relatives.
He fought tooth and nail to play for the Azzurri, but had to wait until he came of age in August, because his adoption was never made official.
“We arrived in Italy in 1988,” revealed his birth mother, Rose Barwuah, in the Corriere della Sera.
“We lived with another African family in a one-bedroom apartment full of damp. I went to the social services and pointed out I had a sick child.
“There were no houses for us, so they told me it would be better to hand Mario to a local family for a while.”
The striker was born on August 12, 1990 in Palermo and has always said he feels himself to be 100 per cent Italian, dropping the Barwuah from his surname.
“The social services put us in contact with the Balotelli family. I spoke to Mario often and took him home at the weekends so he could stay with his brothers,” added father Thomas Barwuah.
“However, things changed as the years wore on. We do not care that he is now famous and we’re not after money. Thankfully, we have enough.
“All we want is that he remembers we are his parents, too. Tell the Inter Coach, Jose Mourinho, to look after Mario like a son. It’s what he needs.
“We would like to tell Mario that we have always loved him and are enormously grateful to the Balotelli family for raising him.
“But we’d also want an emotional connection with our son. Above all, we wish to state that we didn’t ‘give away’ our child. Things happened in a way that probably even Mario doesn’t know about.” (C4)
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Balotelli: "No dreams, just goals!"
Inter striker Mario Balotelli has revealed his ambitions for the season - he’s aiming to lift the Champions League trophy and earn himself a call-up from Marcello Lippi.
The Nerazzurri star has raised eyebrows over the last year, but insists he’s ready to prove himself to both Jose Mourinho at Inter and the Italian national team.
However, Balotelli is keeping his feet firmly on the ground and he insists he only has objectives rather than dreams.
“I would like to win the Champions League with Inter and play for La Nazionale,” Balotelli told Calcio 2000 .
“I don’t think that Italy will overlook the younger players when there is quality. However, you never know; it’s up to the coach in the end.
“I know Lippi said he would be choosing players between 18-40 years old but it all depends on how I play as well.
When the ambitious player was asked if he could one day be world player of the year, he said: “It’s no dream, it’s an objective.”
Balotelli has recently been given full Italian citizenship, making him eligible for a call up to the national side.
The striker is one of Italy’s hottest prospects and a good option for Lippi for the fast-approaching world cup qualifiers. (Goal)
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Mario for Lampard?
Jose Mourinho’s Inter transfer campaign kicks off with Deco and Frank Lampard pushing Adriano and Mario Balotelli towards Chelsea.
The new Coach has not yet made public proclamations on his targets for the summer, but the newspapers in Italy and around Europe are certain of at least two names – Lampard and Deco.
Lampard has also been linked with another ex-Chelsea boss at Claudio Ranieri’s Juventus, but Inter have the upper hand.
This is because the Nerazzurri are ready to offer either Adriano or Balotelli as part of the transfer.
Adriano is due to return from his loan spell at Sao Paolo, having rediscovered his form and a place in the Brazil squad, but is not said to be part of Mourinho’s plans.
According to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, they will look to Chelsea to take on Adriano’s hefty £4.4m per season wages.
Another alternative is teenage wunderkind Balotelli, who exploded on to the scene over the final few months of the Scudetto race.
The striker, who only turns 18 in August, has been sending out repeated warnings he is by no means certain to stay with the club.
“I don’t feel like an Inter player inside,” he was quoted as saying in the Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I don’t feel like a player who belongs in a mid-table side, either.”
Chelsea have already shown an interest in the Italian talent of Ghanaian extraction and the upcoming contract negotiations with Inter are bound to be affected by this.
Other players expected to leave the Beneamata in the wake of Roberto Mancini’s sacking are Cesar Aparecido, Maniche, Santiago Solari, Nicolas Burdisso, Olivier Dacourt and David Suazo.
It is reported in today’s media that Barcelona have already agreed to sell Deco to the Nerazzurri, where he’ll reunite with his former Porto boss.
However, The Mail on Sunday insists that Deco will be re-routed to Chelsea instead, where he’ll replace the Inter-bound Lampard.
Deals are also in the offing to bring Abdoullay Konko from Genoa in a co-ownership deal worth over £2m in partial exchange for the loan of Nelson Rivas. (C4)
