Eastlands star is apparently a very generous man.
GENEROUS soccer star Mario Balotelli gave £1,000 to a tramp outside a casino – after a whopping £25,000 win.
The Manchester City striker, 20, shared his windfall on a night out with Blackburn Rovers ace Chris Samba.
Balotelli – who earns £100,000 a week after signing from Inter Milan for £24million last year – is said to often give cash to homeless people he sees around Manchester. His latest act of kindness came outside the city’s 235 Casino last week.
A source said: “Mario is really generous. He always hands £20 notes to the Big Issue boys without even taking the magazine. There’s a guy he always sees around town with ginger dreadlocks and a beard. He carries his possessions in two carrier bags.
“He was outside the club in the early hours so Mario handed him a wad of notes after his big win. The tramp couldn’t believe his luck. It was enough to keep him going for months.” (The Sun)
You can always count on The Sun to be incredibly offensive. Calling a homeless person a tramp, how nice. Mario Balotelli may indeed be a bit nutty but this latest episode puts him much higher up in our estimation.
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anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
I think Balotelli is awesome because he is always upto something and never lets you get bored. I really like Balotelli.
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
If its true and not a publicity stun Good on him.
More footballers should be like him.
Come on UTD The League is still ours
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
i think he is out of control player..
he should be spending money in much effective way to give care to people. it’s like he will pay when he’s crazy.
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
I like Balotelli, he’s just misunderstood, it angers me to see him wasted, he has so much talent that if he could just harness that tough upbringing and put it all onto the pitch like Paul McGrath did the he could be a world beater and Ballon d’or winner!
Lets just hope he stays off the booze tho!
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
i dont understand why everyone hates balotelli. Im italian and i love him, hes a great player, and hes pretty entertaining too
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
I actually love Balotelli, especially after the Ferdinand thing!!
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
earns abit of respect from me for that great player just his attitude
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
what a douche
Joseph Speckman - April 20th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
What a lad
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Poor guy.
He is going to get even more dependent on illegal substances.
Will have a good few days in the mean time.
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Balotelli is a great player and is probally best young player in the world i dont no why people hate him i certainly wouldnt say no to have him in the Liverpool squad just needs to calm down abit hill mature in time.
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Thats great to see a player do that and earning that much money in a week for sure, but would ronaldo and messi do that ?
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
i still think he’s a douche
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
shows he is a great guy, when have we heard fat Rooney give any money to anyone apart from that prostitute he was screwing, the only problem here is anyone living on the streets is bascially drug dependent so that guy will probably he himself harm what mario should do is invest in a charity like Zidane, Ronaldo, Drogba and David Villa do which will ensure the money is used wisely
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
what a cornball he is !!
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
“a Douche”??i mean what kind of person uses that phrase or word.No you are an idiot who watches too much American television.I’m a united fan and since the ferdinand thing and now this i really like Balotelli.He is a bad boy a rebel like george best or the hurricane or cantona..he entertains and football at the end of the day is for our entertainment
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Massive generalisation calling every homeless person a junkie.
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
people who hate balotelli are are extremely sad funless individuals. get a life ffs, open a window, have a laugh once in a while.
man city fans i can understand coz they have to put up with his antics on the pitch, but everything else he does (dart throwing at kids aside) is pure pantomime!!
honestly they should just strap a camera to his head 24/7, let city keep paying him, and just see what happens!
BaloTelly, its an MTV moneymaker straight away
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
balotelli is a very good person at heart,i always knew it.hes just misunderstood and targeted by the british media
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
hes better than rooney talent wise and also character wise
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Desperate publicity stunt! Doesn’t make up for all the idiotic things he’s done in the past. If I earnt that sort of money, i’d donate half my wages to charity.
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Good on yah Mario, ive always liked yah and infact you are one of my favorite PL players and i ain’t a Man City fan, full of entertainment, abit of madness, and abit of genourosity, with out you my friend, the PL would be boring no entertainment what so ever all we will be hearing is Shreky boy stalking 80 year old prostitutes!
LFC <3
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
“anonymous – April 20th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Desperate publicity stunt! ”
does balotelli strike you as a person who gives 2 hoots about “bad publicity”?
answer is definately not, so why would he do this for good publicity?
“Doesn’t make up for all the idiotic things he’s done in the past.”
I would like to know which of these idiotic things he has done have got you offended so personally. and which of these he was trying to make up for by giving a grand to a homeless guy
” and If I earnt that sort of money, i’d donate half my wages to charity.”
bollox
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
if i had wages like him i wouldn’t mind paying charity but without making the public know about it like he does
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
anonymous – April 20th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
WTF? he didnt tell The Sun ! or announce it in an interview, or write it in a book…
how exactly did he let the public know about it?
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Funny story, totally agree its a publicity stunt. Does Balotelli strike me as a man who gives ‘two hoots’ about bad publicity? Maybe not, but I’m sure as hell that the Man City management and his agent do give ‘two hoots’. If it was just an act of kindness, how come its got into the media so quickly.
Donavan Ried - April 20th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Balotelli just when up in esteem in my books. Let hope that this gesture of kindness and compassion bares fruit and the homeless man uses it to get him self back on his feet…
LFC Supporter
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
To all of you saying other footballers should give money to homeless people, what if they do but anonymously? Generosity should come from the heart, not a news report -.-
anonymous - April 20th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
anonymous – April 20th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
you’re a douche
stanic007 - April 20th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Balloteli only needs a manager that will understand him and manage to calm him down the only problem is that such a manager is hard to find
anonymous - April 21st, 2011 at 9:38 am
I’d pay big bucks to see Balotelli vs Ferdinand boxing match …. My money is on my favourite crazy Italian !!! We Love you Balotelli !!!!