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WHY ALWAYS ME! Mario Balotelli joins Marseille for six months
Mario Balotelli has finally been officially unveiled as a Marseille player at a press conference this afternoon.
The Italian striker has been released from the final six months of his contract with OCG Nice, where he had been out of favour and training on his own.
Balotelli joined Marseille on a six-month contract after leaving Nice.
The 28-year-old has yet to score a league goal this season after netting 33 from 51 Ligue 1 games in his two previous seasons at Nice.
“When this happens, the striker is responsible for the situation but sometimes there are external factors,” Balotelli told a press conference.
“I was supposed to leave at the beginning of the season, then I didn’t leave … but I will make up for it.”
Asked what his ambitions were, he joked:
“My ambition is to finish this news conference, go to training and see if I can play on Friday.”
The Marseille coach, Rudi Garcia, said Balotelli would be a substitute at best for Friday’s match against second-placed Lille.
“He hasn’t played or trained for a month, it is impossible to see him start on Friday,” Garcia told reporters.
“We will have to wait to see how long it takes him to be at 100%.”
Marseille will be the seventh club of the Italian forward’s career. After making his first-team debut with Lumanezze at the age of 15, he moved to Internazionale before a memorable spell with Manchester City.
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