Moratti backs Balotelli

Striking starlet still has future with Inter

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Moratti backs Balotelli

Balotelli: Staying at Inter

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Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti believes Mario Balotelli still has a future at the Italian champions despite a recent fall-out with Jose Mourinho.

The talented-but-temperamental forward has been left out of Saturday's trip to Palermo and also missed the midweek Champions League elimination of Chelsea.

Few dispute Balotelli's talent, he has scored seven times in 21 appearances this season, but this is not the first time his relationship with Mourinho has broken down.

Moratti, though, continues to champion the Italy Under 21 and insists he has no intention of selling the 19-year-old.

"It's not the first time I have said it. We have already said that Mario is a very strong and talented player who is very useful for our future," Moratti told the club's official website.

"I think the situation of recent days is a temporary situation and nothing more.

"There is no project to sell him."