5 footballers who are completely addicted to social media

Modified Mar 27, 2017 12:57 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 28: Michy Batshuayi of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his sides fourth goal during the Emirates FA Cup fourth round match between Chelsea and Brentford at Stamford Bridge on January 28, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) — Batshuayi has scored 1 Premier League goal this season

#3 Mario Balotelli

MILAN, ITALY - MAY 01: Mario Balotelli of AC Milan strikes the crossbar during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Frosinone Calcio at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 1, 2016 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) — Mario Balotelli has had his car impounded 27 times

As the notorious bad boy of football, Mario Balotelli has never been shy to express his thoughts on social media. Remember the infamous 'Man Utd.....LOL." tweet? It blew up social media at the time and it now has over 245,000 retweets.

It's one of the most interacted with tweets in the history of social media. The tweet was sent out after United embarrassingly lost 5-3 to Leicester City. As well as causing a stir around the football world, the post even initiated a police investigation. Crazy eh.

Man utd ... LOL
— Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) September 21, 2014

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Since then the Italian native has had multiple run-ins with the FA over his tweets, the guy simply can't not post outrageous things. Instead of laying low at his now new club in France, Balotelli once again set the internet alight last year.

This time the 26-year old aimed his bow & arrow at Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher. The two comically traded insults with Carragher concluding that Mario was one of Liverpool's worst ever signings alongside El-Hadji Diouf. Mario is one of the few unique individuals to do as much talking as he does on the internet as he does off it.

Edited by Staff Editor