As Tuttosport tells us, at 35, Mario Balotelli is opening a new chapter in his career far from Italy, by signing up for two and a half years with a second division club in Dubai. A strong, assumed choice, which sounds like a farewell to Serie A. The striker, however, has no doubts about himself: “At 35, I am still the strongest,” he asserts from the outset, faithful to his provocative style.
Without a club since December 2024 after a brief and final appearance with Genoa, Balotelli explains that his departure is not a renunciation. “I had important offers, but Genoa chose a coach with whom there was no feeling. Without Vieira, I would still be here,” he confides. Italy remains in his heart, but he accepts his choice: “In Dubai, there is the sun, not the cold that it is in Italy. I’m eager to “.
Convinced of his means, he insists on his intact potential: “If I regained my physical form to 100%, I would still be at a very high level”. But Balotelli is also lucid about the evolution of football: “Football is changing, we are giving more space to young people”, while regretting that there are “fewer and fewer crazy people who want to win and take risks”. On his career, no regrets: “Go back? No. I’m too old to do it.”
