Balotelli: Vieira kept warming up but didn t let him play, he just didn t see me

Recently, Balotelli talked about his experience in Genoa through Sandro Sabatini's social media channel.

Willing to play football

"I felt very good when working with Allegri in Milan, and he also asked me to play forward (laughs)! Later, others made me stand back. Do I still have the willingness to play football? Of course, I can play for a few more years."

Genoa

"No, my desire to play football for Genoa has not disappeared, they are not that important. It is impossible for a club to make me lose the desire to play football. If you want to know the reason, you should ask 'that one' instead of me. I invite you to watch my training anytime, come when you want to watch it. Then you decide for yourself. The problem is that the training is carried out in a closed manner. How much do I earn in Genoa? Very few, I think the players of the youth team make more than me."

The image of him

"Why are there some specificity for me in the outside world I don't know. I accepted the (contract) given to me by Genoa, I have a quote from a foreign club, far away, but I want to play Serie A for another year. I tell you the truth, I don't care about the financial side. And I've been training. If I think a player is a troublemaker, who can refute it? Teammates. Go and ask my teammates. From when I first started playing football until I was 24-25, I was late for training a few times, and I'm honest. But now, some things are being exaggerated, one of them must have been exaggerated, but I don't think I've done other outrageous things. Those things are magnified, too."

Contact with Turin

" Yes, I think Genoa was more interested in me at that moment, so I went there. I could have waited for Turin, which was a talk with Cairo (Chairman of Turin), but it was slow. For the Hot Naa, I had a direct contact with Girardino (the then Genoa coach) and knew he wanted to sign me, so I went there. Restart the conversation with Torino? Why not? "

Experience in Genoa

"What happened after coming on the bench against Napoli? The problem was that I almost scored, and that would be a problem. The next week I trained, and then in Lecce, he (coach) made me warm up the whole second half but didn't let me play. I talked to the director (Ottolini), and I said I would accept not playing or playing less, in some games, but if you let me warm up the whole second half but didn't let me go, it was not the right choice for the team. If you think I can't score in ten minutes, the problem is that you don't like me. That's all."

"I agree to be in Genoa can't play for 90 minutes, but you don't let me play against Lecce, it has nothing to do with level. You just think I'm not happy. The sports director replied that they would talk to the coach again, but soon they told me that the coach didn't want to (using me). Then I sent Vieira a message, I wanted to make it public but didn't want to be a bastard myself. I made him understand that I hope he can stand up and said directly that I won't let me play. I never got a reply: From then on, I was gradually excluded. I spent the last few months. In the last two months they even removed my trainers, and I could only rely on myself when I arrived at the training ground. "

Summary of playing for Genoa

"I was disappointed, but I kept my promise and stayed in Genoa. That's it. Now, yes, I may be more inclined to go abroad, but I also don't rule out staying in Italy."