Footballer Balotelli racks up £10,000 in parking fines

Controversial footballer Mario Balotelli has managed to rack up a staggering £10,000 in parking fines since he moved to Manchester City in August 2010.

The 20-year old footballer has also had his Maserati Gran Turismo impounded a shocking 27 times in the eight months he has been based in Manchester according to The Sun – a rate of more than twice every three weeks. He has also racked up an average of three parking tickets a day in the same time.