{"id":429416,"date":"2011-05-24T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/24\/manchester-city-forward-mario-balotelli-downplays-talk-of-ac-milan-switch-reveals-he-is-happy-in-england\/"},"modified":"2011-05-24T12:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T12:52:00","slug":"manchester-city-forward-mario-balotelli-downplays-talk-of-ac-milan-switch-reveals-he-is-happy-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/manchester-city-forward-mario-balotelli-downplays-talk-of-ac-milan-switch-reveals-he-is-happy-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli downplays talk of AC Milan switch &#038; reveals he is happy in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>24 May 2011 13:52:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.8036809816\">\n<div readability=\"14.6051282051\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mario Balotelli - Manchester City (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/126400\/126485_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mario Balotelli &#8211; Manchester City (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.2024539877\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/italy\/16127\/mario-balotelli\">Mario Balotelli<\/a> has dampened talk of a swift return to Italy by confirming his intentions to stay at Eastlands next season.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial Italian international joined City last summer from Inter and despite talk of a move to newly crowned Serie A champions AC Milan, Balotelli has confirmed he&#8217;s enjoying life in England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the time being, I am happy in England,&#8221; Balotelli told <em>Corriere dello Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI compliment Milan for winning the Scudetto, but with regards to me, I am happy in England.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Balotelli, 20, has had a mixed debut season in England and his agent Mino Raiola is confident on that his client will remain at Eastlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m 2,000 per cent certain that Balotelli will remain at Manchester City,\u201d Raiola said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker&#8217;s recent form has seen him rewarded with a recall to the Italy squad for their upcoming Euro 2012 qualifier against Estonia on June 3 and their match friendly against the Republic of Ireland four days later.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/24\/2501399\/manchester-city-forward-mario-balotelli-downplays-talk-of-ac\" title=\"Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli downplays talk of AC Milan switch &amp; reveals he is happy in England\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli downplays talk of AC Milan switch &amp; reveals he is happy in England<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 24 May 2011 13:52:00 Mario Balotelli &#8211; Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli has dampened talk of a swift return to Italy by confirming his intentions to stay at Eastlands next season. The controversial Italian international joined City last summer from Inter and despite talk of a move to newly crowned Serie A champions AC Milan, Balotelli has confirmed he&#8217;s enjoying life in England. \u201cFor the time being, I am happy in England,&#8221; Balotelli told Corriere dello Sport <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli downplays talk of AC Milan switch &amp; reveals he is happy in England - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/24\/manchester-city-forward-mario-balotelli-downplays-talk-of-ac-milan-switch-reveals-he-is-happy-in-england\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli downplays talk of AC Milan switch &amp; reveals he is happy in England - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Shane Farrington 24 May 2011 13:52:00 Mario Balotelli - Manchester City (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester City forward Mario Balotelli has dampened talk of a swift return to Italy by confirming his intentions to stay at Eastlands next season. 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