Olympique Marseille are in negotiations for Mario Balotelli, confirmed the Nice and Italy striker’s agent Mino Raiola.
There had been multiple reports of talks and, although his contract with Nice expires on June 30, there is still a clause owing them €10m.
“I have good relations with Marseille,” confirmed Raiola to RMC Sport.
“I know their director of sport (Andoni Zubizarreta) and the President (Jacques-Henri Eyraud) very well. We’ll see. It’s still early days.
Olympique Marseille are in negotiations for Mario Balotelli, confirmed the Nice and Italy striker’s agent Mino Raiola.
There had been multiple reports of talks and, although his contract with Nice expires on June 30, there is still a clause owing them €10m.
“I have good relations with Marseille,” confirmed Raiola to RMC Sport.
“I know their director of sport (Andoni Zubizarreta) and the President (Jacques-Henri Eyraud) very well. We’ll see. It’s still early days.
“Balotelli is a player who generates emotion and excitement. That goes very well with the Marseille mentality. The people of Marseille are passionate and so is Mario. We’ll see what happens.”
SuperMario turns 28 in August and has found a new lease of life in Ligue 1, scoring 18 goals in 28 games.
In all competition for Nice this season, he scored 26 goals with two assists in 38 appearances.