West Ham holds no interest in Italian bad boy Mario Balotelli club insiders have confirmed.
Last week Italian media outlet, TMW claimed Manuel Pellegrini has personally enquired understand the availability of Balotelli,
The striker has not played since last December 4 after yet another bust-up. The Daily Mirror claimed Patrick Vieira has told Balotelli that he would not be allowed to play for Nice again and banned him from the Nice training ground for refusing to commit his future to the French club.
Pellegrini was never given the chance to work with Mario Balotelli at Manchester City. The Maverick Italian departed the Premier League for AC Milan in January 2013, five months before Pellegrini was appointed as Roberto Mancini’s successor at the Etihad.
Yesterday, another Italian media site Gazzetta Dello Sport claimed that West Ham had made a late swoop for the 28-year-old who is reportedly set for a medical with Marseille this week. The website claimed West Ham had asked his agent to wait a few days so they could offload Marko Arnautovic.
Speaking in an Email reply a senior club insider confirmed there was ‘No interest’ from West Ham in the striker.
Good. I cannot believe that his talent outweighs the baggage and attitude he’d bring with him, and thus costing a younger ‘hopeful’ their chance at the big time. I’d rather we gambled on a decent Championship striker – eventually one will come good!