The ex-Milan man may be in dreadful form but the stream of abuse he’s been subjected to by the English and Italian football community is akin to bullying and must stop

Let’s be very clear from the outset: Mario Balotelli’s recent CV is hardly glowing with positive references.

The 24-year-old has made numerous mistakes, both on and off the pitch, since first bursting into the public consciousness as a teenage sensation in 2008. He has set off fireworks in his bathroom, racked up a lifetime’s supply of parking tickets, fought in training with team-mates and coaches, adorned the shirt of his club’s city rivals on live television – the list of misdemeanours go on and on.

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