Brescia President Massimo Cellino has slammed striker Mario Balotelli, describing him as 'childish'.

The Italian born with Ghana descent joined the Serie A side from Marseille last summer.

Brescia are rock bottom of the Serie A table on 16 points from 26 rounds, having fired, rehired and sacked Eugenio Corini again, with Fabio Grosso lasting only three games, and currently under coach Diego Lopez.

“I wanted Balotelli, but he proved himself to be too superficial and childish in his off-the-field attitudes," Cellino told TeleTutto.

"Let it be clear, we are not going into Serie B because of Mario, so it would be wrong and reductive to think that.

“If a child is impolite, the fault is of the parents, so we must not have dealt with him very well