The striker has revealed the Argentine ignored him to
swap Manchester City for Juventus and said he would love the Rossoneri to
re-sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic
AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli says he tried
unsuccessfully to convince Carlos Tevez to join the club instead of Juventus
this summer.
The Argentine, 29, followed in the footsteps of Robinho,
Nigel de Jong and Balotelli in swapping Manchester City for Serie A football
but, instead of joining the Rossoneri like the aforementioned trio, the forward
signed for the Bianconeri in late June.
Balotelli says his former Blues team-mate would not
listen to his pleas to join Massimiliano Allegri's squad and admitted he would
love to see Milan bolster their attacking ranks with the return of Zlatan
Ibrahimovic from Paris Saint-Germain.
"We are strong, but to compete at a European level
we need reinforcements," he told Sportmediaset. "I would like us to
sign Ibrahimovic.
"I'm not afraid of Juve: I respect all clubs but
fear none. Tevez is a friend - I told him to come to Milan, however, he did not
listen and went to Juve.
If I happen [to come against him], on the pitch, I'll
take the ball around him!"
Balotelli also revealed his delight that Stephan El
Shaarawy is set to stay at San Siro this summer and says he has no plans to
leave the club he joined in January from the Etihad Stadium.
"I sent a message to Stephan to ask him how he had
gone the meeting with Adriano Galliani," Balotelli added. "He told me
that he would stay and I told him that he did well.
"I'm happy. As I'm concerned, it's nice to [see him]
be declared non-transferable, but in football you never know.
"Milan are the team that I have in my heart, it is a
good club with many fans. I'm fine here and I'll be staying here, then one day
we'll see."
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