AC Milan are set to fine Mario Balotelli after the striker was caught smoking in a train toilet on Saturday en route to Florence for the club's clash with Fiorentina on Sunday morning.
The striker has been hitting the headlines for all the right reasons since moving from Manchester City at the end of January and has scored seven goals in as many Serie A games.
However, La Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport revealed on Sunday that the club have cracked down on the 22-year-old after a train conductor caught him red-handed smoking on the train this weekend, which is prohibited by law.
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani was on the train and was told of Balotelli's indiscretion by fellow starlet M'Baye Niang who informed the teenage French winger to feedback to his team-mate that he would be fined.
The Italy international was regularly snapped by photographers with a cigarette in hand during his two-and-a-half year spell with Roberto Mancini's men - a pastime that is frowned upon by many coaches for obvious health reasons.
Balotelli was in the headlines more often for his mischief and disobedience than his goalscoring which played a part in the Blues selling the striker on deadline day in January.
The Rossoneri squad were taking the Frecciarossa service ahead of their clash with the fourth-placed Viola with the chance to extend the gap between the top three to nine points with a win or see it crumble to three points if they lose.
Despite being in Galliani's bad books, Balotelli has been chosen to lead the line this morning for Massimiliano Allegri's men.
Source: Goal.com
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