Pirlo urges Balotelli move

Andrea Pirlo has urged Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli to return to Italy and join him at Juventus.

The temperamental striker enjoyed a successful Euro 2012, netting three goals in the Azzuri’s path to the final.

However, it wasn’t enough for Cesare Prandelli’s side to pick up the trophy, as they were swept aside by Spain.

Pirlo now believes that Balotelli would be a welcome addition at Juventus, after claiming he knows how to deal with the striker.

"I know how to talk to him. We both come from Brescia and when we are in the national team we speak in dialect," Pirlo said. 

"There was no problem with managing him in our dressing room; indeed he was very well behaved."

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