Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli can be the equal of Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
That's the claim of former Inter Milan teammate Wesley Sneijder.
"He has a personality," Sneijder told Manchester Evening News. "Sometimes as a player he is amazing because he can do crazy things on the pitch.
"But outside of the pitch he can do crazy things, stupid things sometimes.
"He knows this because I talked many times with him last year.
"He is still young and sometimes he loses control."
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