A return to Italy looks the likeliest outcome in the summer, and Samp president Massimo Ferrero says the Serie A club would be keen to bring him back to his home country.
He told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I would take him -- he’d be the real Balotelli again here. He wouldn’t have too much pressure here in Genoa.”
Ferrero did claim, however, that Balotelli’s hefty wages - he earns around £100,000 at present - had become a problem for the 24-year-old.
He said: “He’s lost his hunger. He’s earning too much. If he was only on bread and water, he’d be a champion again.”
He told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I would take him -- he’d be the real Balotelli again here. He wouldn’t have too much pressure here in Genoa.”
Ferrero did claim, however, that Balotelli’s hefty wages - he earns around £100,000 at present - had become a problem for the 24-year-old.
He said: “He’s lost his hunger. He’s earning too much. If he was only on bread and water, he’d be a champion again.”