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What's racist about poking fun at his name? You refer to me as Fritz despite my name neither beginning with F let alone being Fritz.
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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli faces £250,000 fine for strip-club visit
Mario Balotelli is set to be fined two weeks wages in the region of £250,000 after being pictured outside a Liverpool strip club in the early hours of Friday morning.
Booby trap: Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is set to forego two weeks wages after he was pictured outside a Liverpool lap-dancing club
The Italian striker, 21, scored in the 2-0 victory over Bolton which moved City five points clear at the top of the Premier League table about 36 hours after his trip to the lap-dancing venue.
But he played nonetheless because manager Roberto Mancini learned of the story only when he arrived at the Etihad Stadium before kick-off.
It is the latest in a string of Balotelli misdemeanours, but only hours after the picture was taken, Mancini was defending the striker after he was excluded from his national squad.
The pair will meet today and Mancini says Balotelli will be fined the maximum of two weeks wages if the story proves to be true.
He said: Tomorrow I will speak with him because I am disappointed with him.
Its not right for me and the squad but its not correct because a professional player cannot stay out until 2am.
I will speak with him and if its true we will do the maximum fine that we can.
Mario played well. He had a lot of chances and maybe if he got more sleep he could have scored three or four goals.
