@Ryan is the correct Aussie based poster to ask
We might possibly make a little money on Mario
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Mario Balotelli’s red card is likely to be rescinded on Thursday, as the referee has admitted an error.
The Nice striker scored the winner against Lorient yesterday, and was booked for taking his shirt off in celebration.
That was to prove costly for the Italian, as he bizarrely received a second yellow after an altercation with Steven Moreira, where neither player appeared to do anything wrong.
“Olivier Thual has watched the match,” Pascal Garibian, technical director of refereeing, explained to L’Équipe.
“Of course, he agreed that the two yellow cards were rushed and shouldn’t have been given. The referee is available to the disciplinary committee to say this on record.
“Then it will be up to them to judge if further action is needed.”
It therefore appears overwhelmingly likely that the second yellow card for Balotelli will be rescinded when the commission meets on Thursday night, meaning he’d be available to face Lyon on October 14.
You had a shirt conversation with him without mentioning shirts? Are you a surrealist?
He's always been able to strike a ball well and will score goals in a team in a team which works hard around him or, as we're seeing, in a weaker league.
However it's clear no Premier League side were willing to pay a couple of million to take him off the hands. The risk was too great. Signing the 'wrong' player, especially in the striking position can be the difference between staying in the Premier League and dropping down to the Championship. Unfortunately for us but wisely for them, they concluded Mario was completely unsuitable to the demands of the Premier League. He's become a laughing stock in England and deservedly so.
Good for him if he can resurrect his career in France, but I certainly won't be blaming the club for releasing him on a free. Having someone completely with his lack of professionalism can prove toxic in a disciplined environment where hard work is seen an the minimum requirement. With that in mind, there won't be any regrets even if he does bang in 20 goals this year.
However it's clear no Premier League side were willing to pay a couple of million to take him off the hands. The risk was too great. Signing the 'wrong' player, especially in the striking position can be the difference between staying in the Premier League and dropping down to the Championship. Unfortunately for us but wisely for them, they concluded Mario was completely unsuitable to the demands of the Premier League. He's become a laughing stock in England and deservedly so.
Good for him if he can resurrect his career in France, but I certainly won't be blaming the club for releasing him on a free. Having someone completely with his lack of professionalism can prove toxic in a disciplined environment where hard work is seen an the minimum requirement. With that in mind, there won't be any regrets even if he does bang in 20 goals this year.
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This just in....
Mario Balotelli second yellow to be revoked.
Mario Balotelli second yellow to be revoked.
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I thought we gave him away for free?
Is he still contracted to us?
Is he still contracted to us?
There was a sell-on clause (30% I think) in the sale agreement.
but he only has a year on his contract doesn't he? fucking pointless, if so.
More than likely, yes. I'd imagine it was inserted more in hope than in expectation. As the barmaid said to the vicar.
So his club only needs to let his contract run down before resigning him?
Sounds like a really weird deal.
Sounds like a really weird deal.
Nice flying.
http://www.espnfc.com/report?gameId=449237
http://www.espnfc.com/report?gameId=449237
They have an excellent manager. We're lucky he chose Nice over Everton.
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