Silvio Berlusconi in a question about the transfer of Mario Balotelli for if he bought him for sensationalistic view of the coming elections, he said: «In no way was this done for my election campaign. The club's staff wanted him. A rotten apple? No way. I bought Balotelli because I thought: he scored two goals against Germany and made the Germans cry while the other Mario, Monti, scored two goals as well and made the Italians cry».