FA to look into Mario Balotelli's Super Mario social media comments

Mario Balotelli: Controversial post was deleted

The Football Association will look into an anti-Semitic social media post by Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.

Balotelli later deleted the post on his Instagram page, which portrayed the Nintendo character Super Mario – with whom he shares a nickname – alongside a racial stereotype and anti-Semitic comment.

Balotelli was quickly criticised by other social media users, and the posts were deleted.

Balotelli later posted: "My Mom is jewish so all of u shut up please (sic)."

A spokesman for Liverpool said: “We are aware of the posting which has since been promptly deleted by the player. We will be speaking to the player about the issue.”

The incident comes after a controversy involving Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan, who has been charged by the FA over comments about Jewish and Chinese people.

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