{"id":397044,"date":"2011-04-25T16:51:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T16:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/mario-balotelli-notches-up-almost-100k-in-parking-fines\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T16:51:37","slug":"mario-balotelli-notches-up-almost-100k-in-parking-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/mario-balotelli-notches-up-almost-100k-in-parking-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Balotelli notches up almost \u00a3100k in parking fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"111.795686456\">\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Marcus+Barnes\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marcus Barnes<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 5:51 PM on 25th April 2011<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Striker has had to pay out \u00a3300,000 in club fines, most recently for throwing darts at a youth team player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has racked up nearly \u00a310,000 in parking fines and had his white Maserati impounded an astonishing 27 times, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a3100,000-a-week Italian player&#8217;s attitude to the city&#8217;s parking regulations has left his club&#8217;s liaison officers exasperated &#8211; especially as each time the car is towed away, they have to go and get it back.<\/p>\n<p>A source at the club told The Sun newspaper: &#8216;Mario will drive from his luxury apartment to a restaurant a few streets away and leave the car on double yellows.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/02ad4f07628_468x585.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"585\" alt=\"Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has racked up nearly \u00a310,000 in parking fines and had his white Maserati impounded an astonishing 27 times, it has emerged.\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has racked up nearly \u00a310,000 in parking fines and had his white Maserati impounded an astonishing 27 times, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bbee3b45257_468x331.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Another day, another ticket: Balotelli's Maserati gets a ticket outside a restaurant in Manchester city centre\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another day, another ticket: Balotelli&#8217;s Maserati gets a ticket outside a restaurant in Manchester city centre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;The other week the Maserati misfired so he just abandoned it. Staff have had to bail it out 27 times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The valet the club uses empties the glovebox of tickets every time he cleans it. Mario doesn&#8217;t seem to care. It&#8217;s a drop in the ocean to him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Balotelli&#8217;s remarkable attitude to money was further highlighted in the report which stated he was once allegedly pulled over by police with \u00a325,000 in cash on his passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he had the money he simply said &#8216;Because I can&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Balotelli has also had to pay out \u00a3300,000 in club fines, most recently for throwing darts at a youth team player.<\/p>\n<p>And on the field he has had ten yellow cards and two reds in just 24 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He is also said to have a generous side and gives money to the homeless around Manchester. In the latest act of kindness, The Sun reported he gave \u00a31,000 to a tramp outside a casino after securing a \u00a325,000 win.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/553988b191_468x370.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"370\" alt=\"Big signing: Balotelli, seen here with manager Roberto Mancini, was snapped up by Manchester City for a cool \u00a322.5million\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big signing: Balotelli, seen here with manager Roberto Mancini, was snapped up by Manchester City for a cool \u00a322.5million<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"38\">\n<div readability=\"9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a6d9ee7a946_233x423.jpg.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"423\" alt=\"The footballer was also accused of cheating on model and former Big Brother contestant Sophie Reade (pictured) with her best friend, another glamour girl named Faye Evette\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The footballer was also accused of cheating on model and former Big Brother contestant Sophie Reade (pictured) with her best friend, another glamour girl named Faye Evette<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>His private life is just as colourful. Last August he ended his relationship with model girlfriend Melissa Castagnoli by text message.<\/p>\n<p>But she got her revenge by reading the messages out live on air.<\/p>\n<p>The two texts Castagnoli received from Balotelli read: &#8216;I\u2019m back (Balotelli had caught a private jet from Manchester to Italy) to make you change, but never mind, you\u2019re sunk. Everything is against you tomorrow, bye!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You\u2018re a stupid girl, the real problem is not a child, but stupid! Say hello to the (presenter), which is good for you! Um, OK.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He was also accused of cheating on model and former Big Brother contestant Sophie Reade with her best friend, another glamour girl named Faye Evette.<\/p>\n<p>Reade, 25, then used as series of posts on her Twitter page to attack both her friend and Balotelli.<\/p>\n<p>One of which read: &#8216;Would like to let everyone know @FayeEvette is a s*** and slept with the guy I was seeing! What a friend and welcome 2011. Mario Balotelli is a ****er!!&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/02ad4f07628_468x585.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1380336\/Mario-Balotelli-notches-100k-parking-fines.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Mario Balotelli notches up almost \u00a3100k in parking fines\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mario Balotelli notches up almost \u00a3100k in parking fines<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Marcus Barnes Last updated at 5:51 PM on 25th April 2011 Striker has had to pay out \u00a3300,000 in club fines, most recently for throwing darts at a youth team player Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has racked up nearly \u00a310,000 in parking fines and had his white Maserati impounded an astonishing 27 times, it has emerged. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":397045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-397044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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