West Ham United are being encouraged to rescue Mario Balotelli from Inter Milan. The Italy U21 firebrand has clashed on numerous occasions with coach Jose Mourinho and fans this season and is expected to be sold in the summer.

Italian super agent Claudio Pasqualin declared: "I think the future for Balotelli will be far away from Inter - and Italy. I see him in England.

"(Inter president) Massimo Moratti will not want to see him playing for a local rival.

"As a team I think joining Gianfranco Zola at West Ham would be ideal.

"Napoli? That would be good for him, but not so good for Moratti, who does not want to see him do great things for another team in Italy."