Italy boss fires Balotelli warning

Italy manager Cesare Prandelli has hit out at Mario Balotelli, telling the temperamental Manchester City striker it’s time to back up his words with actions.

Balotelli was fined one week’s wages this week following his latest indiscretion in which he was pictured outside a strip club two nights before last weekend’s home game against Bolton.

He was also dropped for Italy’s last match, a 1-0 friendly defeat at home to the USA, as a disciplinary measure as he was serving a club ban for kicking Spurs midfielder Scott Parker in the head.