Mario Balotelli!

In Barcelona, the headlights are now focussing on the Champions League debut at the San Siro against Inter. A challenge that is common in the fate of former Eto’o, Ibrahimovic and Maxwell, but that a few years ago, this list could include another player, who now leads the Nerazzurri, but in the past was really a breath from passing in Barca. We talk about Mario Balotelli, El Mundo Deportivo which recalled the episode of today’s quasi-transition to the boat and why did not materialize. The facts: when he was 16 years, Balotelli, who had already made his debut with Lumezzane in C1, was invited by Barcelona for a sort of “stage” summer. SuperMario Strabilia in which the technical staff of the youth Blaugrana, scoring eight goals in three games. The then youth coach Fran Sanchez asked them instantly purchase management.

Barcelona became convinced, but suddenly found himself hampered by excessive demands for Balotelli who had accompanied him to Spain. The club thought for a long time, but then decided to give up in order not to miss the economic balance of his “cantera”. A few days later, arrived Balotelli Inter. Today, the Catalan newspaper reported the incident to hit the headlines, but not without a touch of regret that even then SuperMario gave ample evidence of his enormous talent, highlighted by Sanchez himself. And today, the thought of having a short against a player who only a short time before he knew, respected and then declined, probably rattles the wrists to the team Barca.