Ten stars who supported their great rivals

Mario Balotelli

The Italy international never appeared overly concerned with hiding his allegiance to the red side of Milan while representing Inter. Not only was he filmed wearing the Rossoneri stripes after being pranked on an Italian television show, but Marco Materazzi revealed this week that the enigmatic striker once entered the dressing room sporting a pair of Milan socks. It looks like he'll be wearing red and black for real now, though, so all's well that ends well.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 09:00

Ten stars who supported their great rivals

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Ten stars who supported their great rivals

Xabi Alonso, Luka Modric and Mesut Ozil all supported Barcelona as youngsters, while it has recently been revealed that Andres Iniesta dreamed of playing for Real Madrid. So Goal.com thought it only right to take a look at some other great names that went on to represent their childhood club's adversaries.

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Mario Balotelli

Ten stars who supported their great rivals

Mario Balotelli

Franz Beckenbauer

Johan Cruyff

Andres Iniesta

Manuel Neuer

Michael Owen

Daniel Passarella

Raul

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Carlos Valderrama

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