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Balotelli: Mancini uncertainty
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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini does not know if Mario Balotelli will fulfil his potential to become the best player in Europe.
The Italian was furious with last August’s £24million signing from Inter Milan after he was sent off in the first half of Thursday’s Europa League second leg against Dynamo Kiev.
City won the match 1-0, with Aleksandar Kolarov scoring shortly after Balotelli’s dismissal, but they still crashed out of the competition at the last-16 stage following a 2-1 aggregate defeat.
Balotelli has been fined by City and has apologised for his behaviour, but, while Mancini has since calmed down, the manager is not certain that the 20-year-old will ever be able to curb the reckless streak in his personality.
“He has everything to be the best player, not only in the Premier League, but in Europe,” Mancini told Sky Sports News
“But now it depends on him.”
Asked if Balotelli will turn the corner, Mancini, who has yet to decide if the striker will feature against Chelsea on Sunday, said: “I hope (so).
“It is important, first of all for himself because he should have respect for himself, and after for the squad and for the people that believe in him.”
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