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Man City firebrand Balotelli racks up £10,000 in parking fines

Manchester City firebrand Mario Balotelli hasn't been in the country a year and has already racked up 10,000 quid in parking fines!

The Italian has amassed almost £10,000 in parking fines and his white Maserati supercar has been impounded 27 times, leaving club officials with the laborious task of collecting the car.

And when police allegedly pulled him over to ask why he had £25,000 in cash on his front seat, the arrogant bad boy retorted "Because I can".

"Mario will drive from his luxury apartment to a restaurant a few streets away and leave the car on double yellows," a City source told The Sun.

"The other week the Maserati misfired so he just abandoned it. Staff have had to bail it out 27 times.

"The valet the club uses empties the glovebox of tickets every time he cleans it. Mario doesn't seem to care. It's a drop in the ocean to him."

Balotelli has also had to pay out £300,000 in club fines, most recently for throwing darts at a youth team player.

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