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Paris Saint-Germain are preparing a sensational January bid for Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, Goal.com reported.

The 22-year-old has fallen out of favour at City in recent weeks, and has not started for the Etihad Stadium outfit since their disappointing 0-0 draw with West Ham at the start of November.

The striker was not part of City’s squad that hammered Aston Villa 5-0 on Saturday due to injury, and he hit the headlines last week after being left out of the squad for his side’s victory over Tottenham for having a poor attitude in training.

“I told him this was the reason – because he didn’t work well for three days,” said Mancini on Friday.

“I think Mario needs to work harder. If any player doesn’t work hard it is difficult that he can play at this level. What you do in training you do in the game, and every player needs to work hard to improve his performance in the training sessions. After that he can play well in the game.”