Posted30 August 2022, 10:57
FootballChristian Constantin: “With Balotelli, it’s far from over”
While Turkish sources speak of a transfer almost completed, the boss of FC Sion denies the existence of an agreement. But, even if the transfer window ends this Wednesday, he has not given up on bringing Super Mario to Tourbillon.
Will Christian Constantin pull off a last-minute deal to repatriate Mario Balotelli to Tourbillon? His phone is likely to heat up before the transfer window closes on Wednesday.
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While the Swiss transfer window will end this Wednesday at the end of the day, Mario Balotelli (32) is not yet an FC Sion player, but he may no longer be an Adana Demispor player.
This Sunday, the whimsical striker went to clash with his coach, his compatriot Vincenzo Montello, following the match won 1-0 once morest Umraniyespor. While the two men had come to blows, it took the intervention of the players and the staff to separate the belligerents.
Looping on social networks, the scene immediately made the headlines of the Turkish press. This only made the thesis of a departure from Super Mario a little more credible. “At that time, everyone understood that he wanted to leave,” notes Christian Constantin, always ready to welcome Balotelli, even though the file seems frozen when we entered the final straight.
A thesis which was even to gain altitude when Balotelli’s plane took off to land in… Brescia.
“This type of case is always full of twists and turns. The only truth is that everything will be covered up, one way or the other, tomorrow at 6 p.m.
Today, does Balotelli’s arrival at Tourbillon therefore stem from pure fantasy or does it still contain a grain of truth? While Turkish sources already announced Monday evening the deal closed with Sion, the boss of Tourbillon ensures that this is not the case. “With Balotelli, it’s far from over. But I have already seen so many things in the last hours of a transfer window that I don’t know what else to say.
But does CC still believe in it? “This type of case is always full of twists and turns,” he replies. The only truth is that everything will be covered up, one way or the other, tomorrow at 6 p.m. Be that as it may, Sion having often taken the habit of closing his files just before the siren (as in the case of Moussa Konaté in 2015), a helicopter is certainly ready to take off to drop off the papers in Bern, at the headquarters of the League.
No for a loan
Failing to agree on the required transfer price, Christian Constantin, who has already obtained the player’s agreement, offered Murat Sancak, his Turkish counterpart, a variant, in the form of a loan. An option refused by the leaders of Adana Demirspor. “The president told me that he managed it between them. I told him that if he changed his mind, I was there to talk to him regarding it.
Constantin knows Balotelli’s crazy statistics by heart. “He’s a monster, who should have already been Ballon d’Or. He scored everywhere, and not just a little. Sometimes I think it’s unreal to be able to imagine a player of his caliber in Sion.
But the dream, as we know, has its price. We’ll know by tomorrow night if the planets have a chance to align for this dream to come true…
It seems clear that Mario Balotelli will no longer wear the Adana Demirspor jersey. As to whether he will wear that of FC Sion…
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