City back bigmouth Balotelli

ROBERTO MANCINI insists he does not care about Mario Balotelli’s enduring capacity to hit the headlines — all the Manchester City manager is bothered about is getting his young striker fit.

The 20-year-old Italy forward has courted controversy on a number of occasions in his short City career.

He has been in a training ground bust-up with Jerome Boateng, reacted angrily to being substituted, ridiculed Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere and claimed only Lionel Messi boasted as much talent as him.