Arsenal’s pending transfer of Mario Balotelli will probably not happen due to the player enduring a poor World Cup, according to reports in Italy.
Wenger was keen to bring the Italian striker to Arsenal, but any deal seemed to have stalled over the last week or so.
And according to Gazetta Dello Sport, the move fell apart due to the AC Milan man having a poor World Cup with the national team, claims Silvio Berlusconi, with the chairman had been looking to offload the controversial striker.
Other than Italy, I’m the one who lost at the World Cup,’ Berlusconi is reported to have said.
‘I was selling Balotelli to an English team for several millions, but, after this World Cup, who will buy him now?
‘I was going to sell it to a top English club for 35million [euros], then the deal has stalled.’
By Ben Reardon
@BenReardon1
