Balotelli bombarded: Vieira is afraid of me scoring, he wants to be the savior of the focus and Genoa

Ballotelli lashed out at Genoa and its coach Patrick Vieira. "He was almost afraid of me, as if if I scored, he would have to let me play. He just wanted to be the focus, or I just got bored of him." The striker joined Genoa as a free agent in October 2024, but a few weeks later, coach Alberto Girardino, who wanted to bring in him, was fired. This means Vieira took over the team, and the two had an intersection before, they were teammates of Inter Milan and Manchester City, and later worked in Nice. Balotelli only made six appearances in Genoa, and they all came on as a substitute, and was then completely abandoned.

Ballotelli: "When Vieira arrived, he called me to ask how I was doing, and asked the team, and it seemed that he had a good intention, but then he only let me play for a few minutes in the first few games, so I went to him and asked him if there was any problem. I wasn't asking for a full 90 minutes, but he only let me play for 2 to 4 minutes at a time. Then he took me to Lecce, but I kept sitting on the bench. There was a free kick opportunity in the 86th minute and he didn't ask me to play."

"He assured me that there was no problem, but he would rather let players who ran a lot of running. Andrea Pinamonti started very naturally, he put a lot of effort into the defense, but it was wrong to let me play for only two minutes. I'm sure I can fix some games . I think the problem is that he just doesn't like me, it has nothing to do with football. "

Balotelli continued to slam, claiming that after Vieira's arrival, Genoa's management didn't support him: "The club didn't have the courage to say anything. I kept trying to find the real reason behind it, and one day I wrote him a long message and I'll eventually publish it. He never answered me, and didn't even look at me in front of me, so I was forced to train alone. The club said Vieira was worried that I wouldn't accept a small amount of playing time, which was nonsense. Just admit I didn't like you! We had two discussions and he kept saying that I might cause trouble, but when did I really cause trouble? Everyone in the locker room liked me, and I had no problem with anyone."

" If I train with the team, I may improve. I don't think the situation has reached the point where I didn't run enough. I was going to leave in December, but I still want to stick with it."

Ballotelli accused Genoa of lack of respect on Instagram and reiterated this point in this interview: "I didn't expect Genoa's people to be so disrespectful to me, even from a human point of view. Now I hope they won't talk to me anymore in their lifetime. They have seven months to explain, but they don't respect me for no reason and do not apologize."

These allegations point to Vieira, thinking he was the main reason for the failure of this experience: "I played for 4 minutes against Naples and almost scored. I feel like Vieira has been a few I was so scared of me, as if I had scored a goal, he had to get me on the court. He wanted to be Genoa's savior, and reporters always asked me to make him angry. I was very disappointed, in every aspect. However, when we played together, I never had any problems with Vieira. I played a lot in Nice, occasionally he would replace me and say I needed to run more, but I scored a lot of goals, why is everything changing now? "

"He couldn't accept this, I would give him advice, and he could have listened to me instead of telling me to get out of it. It seemed to me that it was just his desire to be the protagonist, he wanted to be the focus. I couldn't see any other reason. Or I just got bored of him." "

Balotelli is now a free agent and his contract has expired.