Quotes Of The Week: Badboy Balotelli Blasts 'Disgusting' Verona

They Say:

"I do not know if he has signed with another team or not, but the truth is that if he did I would be disappointed." Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be disappointed if Fran Merida leaves the club on a free transfer in the summer. Is it the player or the massive cheque he will miss most???

"I am disappointed by the lack of attention, efforts and professionalism..........As long as things do not change, I am responsible, but at the same time I'm going to seek solutions and find players that do not disappoint me," Atletico Madrid coach Quique Flores let's loose after his side were thrashed midweek in the Copa del Rey.

Real Madrid star Gonzalo Higuain is hoping for Champions League & World Cup success in the summer: "In 2010 I hope to win the Champions League with Real Madrid and also, to play and win the World Cup with Argentina." Two words on why that probably won't happen.... Diego Maradona.

"I know the club has financial problems but I have no intention of leaving. Nobody has asked me and I don’t want to leave," Jermain Pennant wants to remain at Real Zaragoza. What do Zaragoza want?

After continued racial abuse SuperMario Balotelli isn't shy about expressing his views on Italian football fans:

"Every time I come to play in Verona , the city disgusts me even more," he said. Can't see him hosting a TV travel show when he retires.

He rowed back on his criticism somewhat, adding: ""I am not angry with Verona . I like the city a lot, so much so that I went to see Juliet's house with a friend." O Mario, Mario, wherefore art thou Mario?

"Balotelli is just a little kid who is immature and presuming. He will never be a champion," the Mayor of Verona, Flavio Tosi, hit back.

Dmytro Chygrynskiy accepts the criticism he has been receiving from the Barcelona fans:

"I can understand why they would jeer me because this is Barca and the level of play demanded is very high."

Team-mate Sergio Busquets thinks it's a little harsh: "I would not whistle any players from my team, and much less because of how things have been going."

We Say:

"With a fan club decreasing by the game, Dimitar Berbatov also offered no solution to the critics’ barbs that castigate his big money arrival at Old Trafford. When the chips are down, the Bulgarian is rarely present to pick up the pieces," Matt Monaghan's Man United comment echoes the sentiments of almost every United fan on misfiring hitman Dimitar Berbatov. But he's the new Cantona! Isn't he????

"In truth Gerrard was as guilty as anyone. The skipper was deployed in central midfield alongside Lucas in a conventional, and increasingly rare, 4-4-2 system, but there were few signs that Liverpool's talisman is approaching anything like the form he is capable of," Neil Jones, sees chinks in the armour of Liverpool 's shining knight.

"But a recent revival under new trainer, Quique Sanchez Flores has given the club and their disillusioned fans some hope," KS Leong spoke too soon as Atletico Madrid's progress came to a grinding halt against Recreativo de Huelva on Wednesday.

"He’s got used to being a supporting actor for much of his recent career, but — for a short time at least — Juliano Belletti might just find himself back as a headline act." Chelsea analyst Alex Dimond reckons the Brazilian full-back is the Blues preferred midfield enforcer while Michael Essien is away.

"And there is no reason why a team which finished second last season with largely the same players should need a whole lot of tinkering," Neil Jones doesn't feel misfiring Liverpool need many additions to finish in the top four. Aim low and you will never be disappointed.

"For him to reel off three successive 'player of the month' triumphs, the last two ahead of the consistent Alex Song, is confirmation that he is maturing into the kind of influential player that many experts widely predicted he would become," The 'him' Arsenal expert Tim Collings waxes lyrical about is the one and only Cesc Fabregas.

You Say:

"I'm a Barca fan .. Even If I Was Chygrinsky's Brother I would Have Wistled And Jeered Him. He Was A DISASTER !" Shadi in Leb thinks the whistles at Chygrynskiy are justified.

"Even though i'm a liverpool fan, i must admit that reading looked like the premier league outfit and Liverpool looked like a side from the Maldive islands," Shibukawa in Male', Maldives doesn't think much of Liverpool's efforts in the FA Cup.

"Liverpool are going to win the premier league this season, since after beating Tottenham on sunday, we will go on a 17 match winning streak, that makes it to 87 points for us," FiveStarGeneral in Kenya wins the award for the most optimistic Liverpool fan in the history of mankind.

"the owners of liverpool do not want them in the top 4 finish," maikel in maastricht , got a book on how to start a consiracy theory for Christmas.

"man utd need a goalkeeper... no need for world class... just a decent one. Van der Sar is finished.. Foster & Kuszczak are funny." GK Scout has little faith in the men between the sticks at Old Trafford.

"Too many false dawns arsenal should try nd win d f.a cup.thats d only thing they can realisticaly win!" Najeeb in KD doesn't agree with Tim Collings assessment that the Gunners can win the Premier League.

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