Read his views throughout the summer.
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Mario Balotellis backheel? It brightened up my morning when I saw that on Sky Sports News with the USA being the perfect place for a bit of show boating.
Honestly, I watched it and thought that he must have heard a whistle, but still, do you do what he did?
Probably not, maybe others would have just shot anyway, or pulled the ball back.
Annoying the boss: Mario Balotelli argues with City boss Roberto Mancini
If it was another player that had done it then would there have been the same uproar?
He does have to be aware that he leaves himself open to criticism and has to behave better than most to avoid it.
Arguing with the manager on the way to the bench instead of simply apologising wasn't his proudest moment.
Good to see one of the senior players like Nigel de Jong giving him a bit of a talking to. He needs people around him to keep him in check.
Nigel seems to be having his own problems at the moment with his contract talks apparently stalling.
It begs the question, are contract talks at this time of year a good idea?
Everyone will expect me to say no but why not?
Show your intention to new players that you are trying to sign and that you want to keep your stars, that you will be rewarded with new contracts if you do well, have the players committed to the new season ahead, happy that they have a new deal and it's off their mind.
Have a word: Nigel de Jong lets Balotelli know what he thinks
From an agent's point of view if the club open negotiations in the transfer window then fine.
You can find out what the players coming in are on and try to get your player as close as you can to them.
Most players are realistic about what they want to earn and don't get carried away and ask for the same amount of money as the striker who has just been bought for ?35m - but it does give the agent a bit of an angle.
Lessons to be learnedThis window I have noticed that loan deals from the Premier League to the Championship, in particular, are becoming more about financial gain than progression of the players' footballing education.
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A couple of times we have seen Premier League clubs asking for more money in salary than the player is actually earning and then asking for money for every game the player doesn't play in.
A penalty if you like for their player not being picked in the team.
The 'penalty' is to encourage clubs to play their players to gain experience.
Isn't half of the experience about playing out of your skin so that you don't get dropped the next game though?
If players know they are always going to play then perhaps an element of drifting through games can occur.
I believe players need to fight for their place in a team, on loan or not. This is part of their education in my view.
It's good to talkThis week my business partner has been in the north west for three days locked in a Premier League club office trying to get two clubs to agree on a fee as there are so many different aspects to a transfer agreement nowadays.
Clubs agree a fee but because of the current climate it can take time to negotiate a payment schedule as every selling club wants money now and every buying club wants to pay as late as possible.
Enlarge?We have a saying that 'nothing is ever easy'. He will be negotiating for all the hours of the day and it becomes very draining.
However, the satisfaction of eventually getting an agreement signed is why we do the job.
Teenage dreamsTo keep you up to date with the 19-year-old striker I mentioned last week, he went on trial and played another game and scored two goals with an assist, so fingers crossed we can get something sorted for him as he deserves a chance.
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Source: Daily Mail
Source: Daily Mail