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Mario Balotelli 'buys entire pub a drink before £200 midnight mass donation'
Controversial Manchester City star Mario Balotelli enjoyed another late night before a big game - but this time it was at midnight mass, after enjoying a booze-free trip to a local pub and treating everyone to a round of drinks.
The Italian was joined by his girlfriend Raffaella Fico at St John's church in Chorlton, Manchester, on Christmas Eve and he shocked onlookers by putting £200 on the collection plate as he left.
Balotelli was then asked by the reverend if he would join the church in providing a drop-in Christmas dinner for the homeless on Christmas Day.
'Nobody could believe it when he walked in,' an onlooker said.
'The last thing anyone expected was a big celebrity like him turning up for the service but he was very polite and charming and didn't draw attention to himself.'
Balotelli has become something of a cult figure since moving to England from Italy.
He has been involved in training ground punch-ups, arguments with the manager and even tussles with playing bibs.
There were even rumours last week on Twitter that he was driving around Manchester dressed as Santa Claus throwing money out of his car.
While this speculation turned out to be untrue, Balotelli did show his generous side by putting £1,000 behind the bar at the Tudor pub in Peel Hall earlier on Christmas Eve.
He chatted to drinkers and had photos taken before then heading off to the church service
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddbal...fore-200-midnight-mass-donation#ixzz1hkaSFRnN
Controversial Manchester City star Mario Balotelli enjoyed another late night before a big game - but this time it was at midnight mass, after enjoying a booze-free trip to a local pub and treating everyone to a round of drinks.
The Italian was joined by his girlfriend Raffaella Fico at St John's church in Chorlton, Manchester, on Christmas Eve and he shocked onlookers by putting £200 on the collection plate as he left.
Balotelli was then asked by the reverend if he would join the church in providing a drop-in Christmas dinner for the homeless on Christmas Day.
'Nobody could believe it when he walked in,' an onlooker said.
'The last thing anyone expected was a big celebrity like him turning up for the service but he was very polite and charming and didn't draw attention to himself.'
Balotelli has become something of a cult figure since moving to England from Italy.
He has been involved in training ground punch-ups, arguments with the manager and even tussles with playing bibs.
There were even rumours last week on Twitter that he was driving around Manchester dressed as Santa Claus throwing money out of his car.
While this speculation turned out to be untrue, Balotelli did show his generous side by putting £1,000 behind the bar at the Tudor pub in Peel Hall earlier on Christmas Eve.
He chatted to drinkers and had photos taken before then heading off to the church service
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddbal...fore-200-midnight-mass-donation#ixzz1hkaSFRnN
