3) Mario Balotelli
With the potential to be one of the most gifted striker’s of his generation, the 23-year-old should be looking forward to a long and illustrious career.
But, as he so rightly pointed out after scoring for City in the Manchester derby in 2011 (pictured), he’s always making headlines. With 79 yellow cards and seven reds in his career already, he earned his manager Roberto Mancini’s words: “I told him, if you played with me 10 years ago I would give you every day maybe one punch in your head.”
“There are different ways to help a guy like Mario. I don’t speak with him every day, otherwise I would need a psychologist, but I speak with him because I don’t want him to lose his quality.
“If Mario is not one of the best players in the world it will be his fault, because he has everything. Mario can be one of the top players in Europe. I don’t want him to lose his talent.”
