Balotelli: One Day Cristiano Ronaldo Will Ask For My Shirt

Modesty has never been Balotelli's best quality, despite his excellent technical abilities.


Inter forward Mario Balotelli believes that some day he will be one of the best players on the planet and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo will want his shirt, like he had done two years back.

Balotelli also gave his opinion on who is the best player in the world right now, with his preference going towards Barcelona's Lionel Messi.

"Messi is the number one and he will win the Golden Ball," declared the young Inter player to Tuttosport. "No one is like him, not even Ronaldo who is still a phenomenon.

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"My squabble with Ronaldo? Things that happen. Two years ago he gave me his shirt, but one day he will ask for mine."

Balotelli then spoke about his point of references and his future at Inter.

"I inspire myself to be like [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic," he explained. "I'm very happy to be at Inter and I don't think about leaving, but if in the future the club will agree and there will be a strong team who wants me, I would be happy to go abroad to try a new experience."

The 18-year-old still has a long way to go before he can hope for Ronaldo to ask him for his shirt, having played just 32 league games in Serie A over the past two season, scoring 11 goals in the process.

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