Mario Balotelli is leaving England and returning to Italy to play for AC Milan after two tumultuous seasons for Manchester City.
Balotelli is one of the single most entertaining athletes on the planet, on and off the field. It's a huge loss for American soccer fans, since there are more Man City games on TV than Milan games.
Fifteen months ago we started a series on the Craziest Things Mario Balotelli Has Ever Done. From October 2011 to November 2012, the list grew from 15 slides to 25 slides as Balo racked up crazy anecdote after crazy anecdote.
To celebrate his all-too-brief career at City, we picked out the 21 craziest things he ever did in England.
He will be missed.
He bought a camouflage Bentley (January 2013)
He got in a fist fight with a his coach during practice (January 2013)
He got a Genghis Khan quote tattooed on his chest after scoring his first goal of the season (November 2012)
Balotelli has been benched for most of the 2012 Premier League season. But he scored his first goal last weekend. To celebrate, he got this tattooed on his chest:
"I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you."
Source: Daily Mail
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