City dismiss Balotelli fears

MANCHESTER CITY assistant manager Brian Kidd has described reports that Mario Balotelli is set to be out of action until the end of November as nonsense.

After arriving at Eastlands from Inter Milan amid a huge fanfare, Balotelli’s £24million move to the Premier League has so far fallen flat.

Injured on a goalscoring debut against Timisoara last month, Balotelli was sent back to Italy to begin rehabilitation after a knee operation that City hoped he would be back from within a couple of months.