Home fixture: Emma Dalton and Mario Balotelli
A smitten Liverpool fan thought her dreams had come true when the Premier League club’s new signing Mario Balotelli took her to bed.
The £16million striker flirted with hairdresser Emma Dalton online before inviting her to a party at his luxury rented home.
That night Balotelli enjoyed a three-hour marathon romp with Emma, 23 – but it soon become clear that starting a new relationship was the last thing on his mind.
What he was after was more of a training session. While they were having sex the £110,000-a-week Italian told her: “This is nice. It helps my football.”
And when the bedroom workout was over he turfed shocked Emma out of his six-bedroom mansion, telling her to take a taxi home in the middle of the night.
The furious single mum told a friend: “I know he has a reputation but I thought he’d changed from the things I’d read.
“He was charming and as far as I know single so I thought, ‘Why not?’ Now I feel stupid,
“I should never have gone to his house but what’s done is done. He was only interested in one thing from me and then wanted me out of the way.”
To add to her humiliation, 24-year-old Balotelli claims he is now trying to rekindle his on-off romance with former fiancèe Fanny Neguesha, 24, who sparked rumours she is pregnant by him after posting an online picture of what looks like a baby bump.
But the soccer bad boy could be red-carded when Fanny finds out he bedded Emma shortly after his transfer from AC Milan to Liverpool.
Sent off: Emma Dalton was told to get a taxi in the middle of the night
It all started when Emma sent him a message on social media, says her friend.
The pal told the Sunday Mirror: “She only contacted him as a bit of a joke.
“She didn’t think for a second he would reply. How many messages must he get sent every day?
“But he did reply and he was quickly sending her messages asking for her to send pictures of herself and her mobile number to arrange to meet up.
“When they were talking on the phone, Emma asked him about Fanny. He told her they’d split up and that he didn’t have any female friends in Liverpool.”
The madcap striker also revealed that his new club had warned him to steer clear of trouble after his transfer, so he was staying out of the city centre.
The friend added: “He said he had to stay out of the Press, not to get into trouble like the last time he was in England. He told her he’d matured a lot since then.”
Within days he invited Emma and a couple of female friends to a private party at the mansion in the upmarket Liverpool suburb of Formby on September 5. He arranged to have them picked up from the nearby train station.
Saucy: Emma sent Mario this picture on her phone
But the friend said the group were stunned when 24-year-old Balotelli’s friends arrived to collect them in an ageing Vauxhall Vectra and they were ordered to hand over their mobile phones before entering the property.
The £1.8million mansion boasts a swimming pool with steam room and sauna, swim jet machine and home entertainment room.
Once inside Balotelli’s pals started serving the girls shots of £50-a-bottle Ciroc peach vodka – but it was some time later before Mario came down to join them after spending time alone upstairs.
The friend said: “Emma told me that when Balotelli did enter the room he was very charming. He certainly wasn’t shy and greeted her with a kiss.
“She said he was drinking red wine and smoking, which the all the girls thought was a bit surprising considering he’s a footballer.
“There was a large open plan area and they were all sitting around chatting and drinking. Then they had a pasta meal delivered to the house.”
After a few hours Mario’s pals invited Emma’s friends for a dip in the pool while he offered to show her round the upstairs of the mansion.
Before long, the pal said, Emma was in his bed. But it was far from romantic.
