Mario Balotelli at centre of racism storm

TEAMtalk :    Mario Balotelli is at the centre of a racism storm in Italy after a shocking public remark by AC Milan vice-president Paolo Berlusconi.

Berlusconi – younger brother of the club president Silvio – described Balotelli as “negretto di famiglia” – translated as “the family’s little n****”.

The utterance came at a political meeting in Monza near Milan and was filmed by local reporters and is being shown on the website of Italian newspaper La Repubblica.