AC Milan President Silvio Berlusconi’s Brother In Racist Jibe At Balotelli

AC Milan Vice President, Paolo Berlusconi
AC Milan Vice President, Paolo Berlusconi

AC Milan vice-president Paolo Berlusconi, the brother of Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio, made racist comments against new signing Mario Balotelli in a video viewed on Wednesday.

“We are all off to see our family’s little black face,” Paolo Berlusconi is seen saying in the video just before Balotelli’s debut with AC Milan against Udinese in which he scored two goals.

Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli

“He’s a wild one. All the young ladies are invited as well — you can even have a chance to meet the president,” he said in a video was posted on the website of La Repubblica daily, referring to his billionaire brother who owns AC Milan.

The club has taken a stand against racism after the team stormed off the pitch in a friendly last month because of racist chants from a group of fans aimed at Ghanaian striker Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Balotelli was born of Ghanaian parents in Italy, then put in foster care and adopted by an Italian couple. He became an Italian citizen when he turned 18.

The Croatian football federation was fined last year after hundreds of Croatia fans hurled racial abuse at Balotelli during the European championship. [AFP]