Mario Balotelli: I’m new Jimi Hendrix
Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2012 by The Sun
Guitar hero ... Mario Balotelli strums on his custom-made guitar
MADCAP Man City ace Mario Balotelli believes he is the Jimi Hendrix of football — and plans to be a rocker when he hangs up his boots.
Our picture shows him strumming away on a custom-made guitar. The Italian maverick, 22, told pals: “I’m just like Jimi Hendrix but on a football pitch.”
He piped up as he met Manchester indie rockers The Rainband with his boss Roberto Mancini.
But the gaffer said Balotelli played more like a BUSKER than Hendrix when they lost to Aston Villa last week.
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