sue_donym Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Just had a look on my game (season 2014-15) and Mario Balotelli has been trasnferd listed by City and they arent asking anything for him - has only played 19 times for them. But he's still only aged 24! Seems faintly bizarre, although granted he does seem to be a pretty terrible human being. But he is very, very good at football. How is he getting on in other people's games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrahimAliMaher Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 To be fair, given that this week it's been revealed that he's been throwing darts at youth team players from the top floor of City's training complex for kicks I think it's perfectly understandable you'd want rid of such a destructive influence. It's not as though City need the cash is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipknot67 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Had him at Celtic in a previous save and he completely destroyed my multiple title winning squads morale, will never sign him again, even on a free and if he agreed to play for nothing I still wouldn't go near him with a barge pole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 good riddance id say, if i could get rid of him on a free in the first season i would, i havent seen him perform for the AI in any of the 5 save games ive done so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 He's definitely public enemy number 1. If I were in charge at Man City I'd ship him back to Italy asap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koki Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Signed on a free from City and released on a free by Palermo on my save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Monkey Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Made 44 starts at City on my save, scored 11 goals in 5 season. Moved on a free to Liverpool making 32 starts scoring 4 goals in 3 seasons before again moving on a free back to Italy to Cesena aged 28 so far made 28 starts scoring 4 goals. Doesn't have a very good goal to game ratio does he Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert the Spud Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 City's transfer policy is bizarre. They buy only AM and DMC's. They have Silva, Balotelli etc, but still feel like Ruiz and Kallstrom are what they need. They'd never sell him for free irl, either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sultan1991 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 in mine he is terrible, in 2014 and he would struggle to make the grade even at a lower premier league team not sure how he developed so poorly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewFM Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 30 appearances and 14 goals in 5 years for City in my game, went to Brescia for free and 147 games and 47 goals for Brescia so far in 5 seasons with them, helping them get to Serie A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz32 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I signed him for a couple of mil and despite being an arrogant **** he's still a top player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawbawn Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Terrible attitude, and he's crap on FM anyway. I wouldn't take him if City offered me £20,000,000 and played his wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
athos Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 City's transfer policy is bizarre. They buy only AM and DMC's. They have Silva, Balotelli etc, but still feel like Ruiz and Kallstrom are what they need.They'd never sell him for free irl, either. It's even more funny when they don't have 8 homegrown players later, so they leave expensive players whom they signed last year out of the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I signed him for Sunderland and he was erratic, always scored against Newcastle though. In the end his attitude meant I had to offer him mutual termination of his contract and he accepted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafiky Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 in 2016 or so, my bournemouth side second year in the prem, i signed him on a free at the age of 26, it was a gamble, but i play him at ML and he has been superb, scoring 10-15 goals a season, plenty of assists, he is even doing great things tutoring one of my youngsters, who would have thought it! i recommend only signing him if he will be your first choice, because if he doesn't play he gets annoyed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pret Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 24 League games in two seasons, didn't play for the next two seasons, Villa bought him for £1.4 mil where he spent 5 seasons, then moved to Blackburn for £3.7 mil, spent three years there and moved to Everton on a free. But my question is, how can he be so detrimental to a team's morale? Sure he might upset the odd player here and there, but how could he completely ruin anyone's entire team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyr1777 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 To be fair, given that this week it's been revealed that he's been throwing darts at youth team players from the top floor of City's training complex for kicks I think it's perfectly understandable you'd want rid of such a destructive influence. It's not as though City need the cash is it? Heh, sounds like American basketball players... a child that need his hand held. I'm certainly not someone I'd keep on a team even if it meant tossing him for a free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniell Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Played 12 times in season 1 scoring twice, one sub appearance 2nd season then didnt play for the next 3 years. Got released on a free after his contract ran out. Now at Numancia played 16 times for them, 6 goals, 6 assists and earning just £6K a week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldy101 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 he was tranfer listed in my tottenham save for 4m in the 13/14 season, same year as i snapped up tevez for 12m, he was after a move to a bigger club( i had won the cl and league previous year) and balotelli has been playing left inside forward, first season: 28 starts, 6 sub appearences, 8 goals 16 assists 2 mom but 2 red cards, worth the money id say! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braundjoh Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 He was playing OK for me at City, but then got upset and wanted to leave. Got a good price from Villa (bout 16-18m IIRC), and did well for them for a year and a bit. Now he rarely plays and his stats have declined so much it's crazy. Pretty much everything is down by 2 (no injuries either) and he is still 25/26. Terrible personality in the game (and IRL) and so is only ever going to do badly really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazza10 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Balotelli is a dick but surely not a bad footballer... In around 4 seasons into my save he was available for free but his stats had declined a little too mch that he wasnt anywere good enough for my first and ended up in some scandinavian team earning less then 10k a week.. It was strange... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 has long since retired on ym save (2044) he was at man city his whole career though (well after he transferred there that is) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Heath Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 on my FM2010 game, Real Madrid bought him aged 30 for £87m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfish Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Signed him for 4 million for my Nottm Forest teams first relegation fight. Had a storming season, 15 assists and 12 goals playing right wing, left wing and striker and kept us up. Then he wanted to move to a bigger club the following season, I attempted to hold onto him, he continued playing very, very well, scoring another 10 goals until the january transfer window, while at the same time not coming to training. eventually it broke down and I sold him for 16 million to fenerbache. all in all, he was an excellent acquisition for me, despite being a **** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bababui Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 In season 2010/11 5 appearances and 1 goal after 29 games What was odd is that Blackburn is 3rd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Snap him up! He's often available on the cheap or free as City usually buy new players meaning he doesn't get much game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshef Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Its a huge gambel on him I have bought him for cheap a previous time.Keep in mind if you are not ready to play him everygame and praise him in comments non stop he wont like you:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBruntsfield Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 He became a bit of a journeyman on my save, never really progressed from his original CA and City loaned him out. Ended up at Porto, then spent time in Italy, before finding success at West Ham. His wage demands were always insane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac13 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have him on loan. So far he's got 1 goal 1 assist 1 missed pen and 1 red card after 11 games in prem lge in season 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
makavelli_lp Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 i got him with qpr in my 4th season in the championship and although i got promoted that year he was average at best. Now in my third season in the prem his stats are awful about 13 is the highest rating he has and he plays pretty poorly so is up for transfer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnakai Haaskivi Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I signed him for 2.6 million when I was at Milan, but I moved the transfer until the end of the season (I already had a good squad that I didn't want to move around too much, so I bought him for the future); then I left and took a job at Liverpool, so I never found out how he got on with the new team. Considering Milan are now in like 7th place, though, it would appear that he didn't help them that much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLD3009 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Signed him for Inter in 2016 after he had top scored in Serie A the season before for Genoa. Haven't had any trouble from him yet, haven't had any issues to upset him with yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin :) Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 signed him for my Milan for 8m, scored 11 goals in 33games, then i left Milan, then he has been sold LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merdain Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 in 2015 he is not attached to any club, after spending an entire season on loan at aberdeen conjuring up a massive 3 goals in 28 appearance with an av rating of 6.2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicente14 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 He's not been a morale problem for me, just terribly inconsistent. I'll probably sell him when his contract hasa year or two to run. Got a 17 yearold I want to promote anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliciousNW Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 On mine he left Manchester City on a free at the end of the 2014/15 season after only 14 appearances and one goal for them. He's now playing for Novara in Serie B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio MVP Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Super Mario for free? :O I think I'll pass... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
postal postie Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I had the chance to sign him for 6.5 mill pounds in the second season. he wasn't in the 25 man squad for man city. i still refused him and he went to italy the following year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkdavey Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I bought him on my tottenham save game at the beginning of the second season. I paid £24 mil for him. I have now sold him to Barca for £15 mil in january transfer window. He only played 11 games but scored 8 goals, he was disruptive and always complained about training. Also lost quite a few games when he played so dropped him into reserves and team morale got better and started winning again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin23 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 i got him on a free @ bayern munich after he got released by citeh in 2017 on my journey man save, hes only on £20k per week and the only problem ive had is when he moaned when i warned him for getting sent off for violent conduct Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dune297 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Who's worse? Balotelli or Gattuso? Personality wise I mean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 There is nothing wrong with Gattuso at all, great captain to have, although he picks up quite a few cards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris10122365455 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I bought him on loan in the 2011-12 season on my spurs save, city paying his wages cant rele go wrong.....untill he lauunches a dart at one of my youth team :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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