Mario Balotelli: Italian Striker Allegedly Dated Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney’s Former Girlfriends

• Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has had a brief involvement with a woman previously linked to Wayne Rooney
• Balotelli also dated Raffaella Fico who have had a relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo before falling pregnant with the Italian striker's baby
• The ex-Inter and AC Milan striker currently plies his trade with FC Sion in Switzerland

Italy international Mario Balotelli dated the former girlfriends of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo many years ago, it has emerged.

During his days at Manchester City, the 32-year-old was in a relationship with reality star Jenny Thompson.

Thompson had earlier made headlines when she bedded former England star Rooney while working as a vice girl in 2010.

At the time of the affair, Rooney's wife, Colleen, was pregnant with their first-born son, Kai.

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Thompson reportedly dated Balotelli for six weeks. She compared her involvement with the Italian striker to Rooney, as per the Sun newspaper:

'Wayne Rooney may be the better footballer but when it comes to performance off the pitch Mario beats him in every way.'

Few months after Balotelli broke up with Thompson, the ex-Inter Milan forward set his eyes on Cristiano Ronaldo's former lover Raffaela Fico.

Fico, who was also regular on Italian television, is alleged to have had a relationship with the Portugal captain before she met Balotelli in 2012.

As noted by Bleacher Report, Fico became famous after making an appearance in Italian Big Brother and through a hoax in which she offered to sell her v*rginity for 1 million euros.

She had an 11-month relationship with Ronaldo back in 2009, and dated Balotelli for five months in 2011, according to the Mirror.

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"Balotelli is much sweeter than Cristiano Ronaldo ," Fico said, quoted by Mirror. "Mario is a good person, he is good, what you see on the outside does not correspond to the private."

Balotelli’s relationship with Fico caused a lot of stir, as she broke up with him a few months after they started dating - with the football star accusing the Italian model of cheating.

She then got pregnant months later and Balotelli did not want to accept the child as his without a DNA test.

However, he learnt to coexist with her after that – even though the two are not together anymore.

Ballotelli joins Swiss club Sion

Balotelli joined Swiss outfit Sion on a two-year deal from after leaving Turkish side Adana Demirspor in May this year.

Sion is Balotelli's ninth club in five different countries over the past decade.

The former AC Milan forward had one of his most productive seasons in Turkey, scoring 18 league goals to help the newly promoted club to a mid-table finish last season.

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Chaotic Scenes as Mario Balotelli Almost Comes to Blows with His Own Manager After Heated Exchange

Italian footballer Mario Balotelli has once again found himself in bad light after he was involved in a heated exchange with his own manager, Sports Brief earlier reported.

Balotelli is currently plying his trade in Turkey with Adana Demirspor where he is working under the tutelage of fellow countryman Vincenzo Montella.

However, the duo nearly came to blows over the weekend during the club's latest outing against Umraniye.

According to The Mirror, the incident happened after the final whistle of their Turkish Super Lig meeting on Saturday, August 27.