Roberto
Mancini and Mario Balotelli have seemingly been photographed amid a
training ground bust-up, putting the striker’s future at Manchester City
in further doubt.
The
photographs, posted on the Daily Mail website, appear to show the
Italians confronting one another, with the newspaper reporting the
dispute was sparked by an over-zealous challenge from Balotelli on Scott
Sinclair.
The
incident occurred as City prepare for their FA Cup third round tie
against Watford, with the Manchester Evening News also reporting that
the clash came about as “Mancini reacted furiously to the challenge and
chastised Balotelli”.
Balotelli,
22, has regularly been in the spotlight since his transfer to City from
Inter Milan for £22 million in 2010, with the forward recently dropping
his appeal against a two-week fine imposed upon him by the club.
The
Italy international had taken the Premier League champions to a
tribunal after they handed him a fine reported to be worth £340,000. His
lawyers were set to present their case before an agreement between club
and player was met.
Balotelli
has scored 20 goals in 53 Premier League matches for City, but his
future has been the subject of conjecture, with Mancini claiming he
would unlikely play again for the club after he was sent off against
Arsenal last season.
But
the striker returned to the squad towards the end of the campaign and
played a part in City clinching the title as he assisted Sergio Aguero’s
dramatic winner versus Queens Park Rangers.
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