I´m Italian not Ghanaian, insists Balotelli

Enough with this nonsense. We've discussed it before. Who's the smart guy bringing this issue up again? M. Balotelli or Pallottelle was born in Palermo. Isn't that enough to make him Italian? He's a great young player and I'm looking forward to see him soon with the "Azzurri."

newtonheath, don tell me that you wrote the answer in Italian all by yourself? In that case, it would make you Italian as well? You think Ghanainan cannot take no for an answer?

Well we Ghanaians aint forcing you either to feature for us. We know you are Ghanaian by blood that was why our authorities approached you to play for us which you declined. We as Ghanaians have accepted and respected your decision and have wished you the very best in your career so why dont you mind your business and play for the Italians as you wish, do you always have to talk about not considering Ghana, since 2007 no official of the Ghanaian FA has approached you, we are happy with our players who feel proud to don our national colours and that is enough for us. You are not the first Ghanaian to play for a foreign team, Marcel Desailly, Freddy Adu, Gerald Asamaoh just to name a few have featured for other national teams and definitely you wont be the last. None of the named players spoke in this manner, cos irrespective of where they found themselves, the blood in them is Ghanaian. We Ghanaians dont feel bitter about your decision or that of others who want to play for other teams as we believe its about personal choices and ambitions, so please spare us your gobbling and concentrate on Inter and Azzuri. We are proud of what we have, my only advice to you Barwuah Balotelli is that no one points his left hand to his fathers house and you cant change who you are. Good luck to you in all you do.

Kpongpa, then, who's spreading the rumor about Balotelly? Whoever he is, let it rest. You seem to be a bit resentful that Mario does not want to play for Ghana.

Ajax, the color of the skin does nor matter. I can name you hundreds of American top players with black skin. In USA we adore Tiger Woods, M. Jordan, E. Smith, C. Lewis and may others. It's not a big deal anymore!

I hope he does not regret with his decision in the future. The fact is that it might be an honour to play for bigger countries but its not easy getting chances. The best example I can think of is Gerald Asmoah. Even he chose germany instead of Ghana. Now we also have Bojan Krkic of Barcelona who could choose Spain instead of his native Serbia. I just hope these new comers don't regret

Fred, in risposta alla tua risposta io non sono italiano ma posso gestire una frase o due in un bel po 'le lingue europee il mio lavoro lo richiede. Per quanto riguarda la situazione Balotelli mi è stato solo fare un presupposto, io veramente non ne sanno abbastanza su di esso per essere in grado di esprimere un parere. Speriamo che sono ben Fred.

Newtonheath, I'm impressed. Keep it up! Those who speak more than one language expand their horizon. Language is the greatest carrier of culture which in turn removes fear of other people! Your Italian is as good as my English (or as poor, if you prefer that word).

Giorgio, for the first time I'm disappointed about your remarks on Mario! The only culture Mario knows is OUR culture. He speaks OUR language and he wants to play for ITALY, not to mention that he was born in Italy. What more do we want? There's no such thing as Italian blood, French blood or English blood. Language carries culture and Mario carries Italian culture and way of life. As I said before, I'm looking forward to seeing him play for our Azzurri.

Sorry Fred! I see your point and don't get me wrong, my opinion and choices are just that, mine. I do agree with you in that Mario has the choice and his choice has to be respected, just as I would have the choice between England & Eire. At the end of the day Mario has made his decision on what he feels most affiliated to and that has to stand for something. A quick question Fred. If you had the choice to play for the USA, Canada or Italy which would you choose?

If it is his skin colour that is causing the discrimination within Italian society on whether he should play for Italy then he should stick to his guns. And if you are Italian and feel he shouldn’t play for Italy because of his skin colour then you should be ashamed of yourselves!

This Who Called Balletolli is A gay he doesnt deserve 2 play 2 ghana becasue he forgot his real country

It's a tough call. I was born and raised in the US but stand by my Italian heritage with great pride. When people ask me what I am, I say Italian. I don't give it a second thought. My parents are Italian, both born there. Does this make me more or less Italian than Mario? He was born and raised there, despite having an African heritage. It's a tough call, really.

Giorgio you are not more italian than Mario , and not less south african than Mandela !!!