Balotelli's Family: The Bawuahs

Born to Ghanaian immigrants Thomas and Rose Barwuah, the £23million superstar insists he was abandoned by his parents in hospital when he was two. It is a claim Thomas and Rose adamantly deny and instead they claim their son has turned against them after being "manipulated" by his Italian foster parents, Francesco and Silvio Balotelli.

Born to Ghanaian immigrants Thomas and Rose Barwuah, the £23million superstar insists he was abandoned by his parents in hospital when he was two. It is a claim Thomas and Rose adamantly deny and instead they claim their son has turned against them after being "manipulated" by his Italian foster parents, Francesco and Silvio Balotelli.