More on the Balotelli Surgery

"The 22-year-old underwent the minor operation, a day earlier than expected so as to avoid the paparazzi, after recently suffering from conjunctivitis associated with wearing contact lenses. Balotelli's surgeon has suggested he could return "in around 10 days" meaning he would be touch-and-go to be back in time for City's trip to the Britannia Stadium on September 15," according to Yahoo!Sports. "'He had a few problems with contact lenses some years ago," surgeon Emanuele Scuri reportedly told Sky Sport Italia. We waited for the defect to stabilise over the last four years and this was the right time to have the operation. His eyes did not tolerate the contact lenses and had problems at the start of the season.'" Read more.