Soccer: AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi believes Mario Balotelli's off-the-field "behaviour" will prevent him from pulling on the Rossoneri shirt in the future.

The Manchester City striker has made headlines both on and off the pitch since joining the Blues from Inter Milan last summer and has indicated in the past that he would jump at the chance to join his former club's great rivals.

The 20-year-old Balotelli grew up a fan of AC Milan.

However, Berlusconi, himself no stranger to controversy, has told Gazzetta dello Sport: "There is a Milan style of behaviour that I don't think is very close to that of Balotelli.

"Every now and then, he has a bit of a distraction. I don't think his style suits us."

Balotelli was last month dropped from the Italy squad for breaking the national team's code of conduct.