Mario Balotelli set to join Turkish Super Lig side Adana Demirspor, claims club chairman
Mario Balotelli looks set to join Turkish side Adana Demirspor this summer, with the club’s chairman claiming that negotiations are “85 per cent” complete as the former Italy international looks set to return to first-division football.
The veteran striker, who has spent a colorful career hopscotching around a host of European clubs, spent the second half of last season with Italian Serie B side Monza, with whom he came close to achieving play-off promotion to Italy’s Serie A
Now, he is poised to play in his fourth different country, as he reportedly looks to reignite his hopes of forcing his way into Robert Mancini’s thinking, as mooted by the president of the Blue Lightnings, a club that won promotion to the Super Lig in May.
What Adana’s chairman said
“The negotiation with Mario Balotelli is 85 percent [complete],” chairman Murat Sancak told A Spor. “He contacted us and told us he wanted to come here. He will arrive in Turkey next week”.
Sancak was happy to deliver answers as to why Balotelli had chosen to move away from Europe’s big leagues, indicating that it is driven by a desire to earn a recall to the international fold with the Azzurri, as well as adding that his wages will be covered in part by club sponsors.
“Balotelli wants to come here to go to the World Cup,” he added. “The sponsor will pay half of his salary.
