Mario Balotelli 'pays taxi driver to lead him to London from Manchester'

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli reportedly paid a taxi driver around £800 to act as a human sat nav on a trip to London.

The controversial Italy international is thought to have agreed a meeting with his agent Mino Raiola in the capital but the 22-year-old is said to have been unsure of the route.

Raiola is thought to have told the Dutch media that Balotelli was too worried about getting lost so he asked a taxi driver to lead the way to the London address, according to the Daily Mail.

Balotelli is believed to have followed the taxi in his Maserati GT.