Balotheli regrets that he threw the T -shirt and wants to Real! Barcelona? “That team was not legal!”


Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Monday, August 11, 2025, 13:38 / updated Monday, August 11, 2025 13:39
Former Italian international Mario Balotheli, 35 years old tomorrow, gave an extensive interview with the publication at Gazzetta Dello Sport, in which he reviews his career, unfinished dreams and personal life.
At 35, which he turns tomorrow, Mario Balotheli has been without a team since January, since he broke up with Dan Șucu's Genoa. But dreams beautifully. He confessed to the journalists from Gazzetta Dello Sport that he would like to play “two or three years. Then I will end my career with my brother, Enock. But yes, my dream is to play for Real Madrid!”.
Mario Balotheli: “At the Barcelona Academy they only taught us technique”
As for Spain, Supermario remembered the time spent at the Barcelona Academy, at Masia: “It was beautiful. I was with the Dos Santos brothers, with Thiago Alcántara, with Bojan. They only taught us technique: control and fast passes, without tactics. It was a joy to enter the field.
In those days spent La La Masia, the young Mario impressed by scoring eight goals in three matches, but His stay was shortened by financial misunderstandings between the club and his representatives, eventually signing with Inter Milan. In Nerazzurri he also had an ugly episode, throwing his shirt as well during a match.
Mario Balotheli: I regretted that gesture from San Siro. Lookman did not have to wipe the pictures in the T -shirt of Atalanta ”
“I have long regretted that gesture on San Siro, when I took my T-shirt. That's why I say now that, in the place of lookman, I would not have deleted the photos with me in the t-shirt of the social networks. The supporters have no guilt,” Balotelli commented.
As he played in Milan, Supermario was asked to clarify the fans whether he is Inter or Rossoner's supporter: “In childhood I supported Nerazzurri because my idol was Ronaldo's phenomenon and I never hid my affection for the Rossonera world. But being a fan.”




