Mario Balotelli wrestles Nice team-mate and wipes paint on his face

MARIO BALOTELLI is still every bit the prankster he was during his time in the Premier League.

The former Man City and Liverpool forward was at it again and this time his Tunisian team-mate Bassem Srarfi was the victim.

Mario Balotelli wrestled his team-mate in the changing room

The former City man then wiped paint on Srarfi’s face

Balotelli can be seen wresting his pal in the changing room and proceeds to smear paint on his face.

And it’s not the first prank the forward has played on his team-mates.

When at Man City, he threw a dart at one of the youth players and also set off fireworks in his house.

At Inter Milan he made a TV appearance wearing an AC Milan shirt.

The Italian has not netted a league goal for Nice this term

And at his first club Lumezzane he would reportedly hide team-mates’ jackets and urinate on their football boots.

Former team-mate Marco Pedretti has admitted the Nice ace was a piece of work in his early days.

Speaking to JOE, he said: “He liked to mess about like he does now, but he was a child back then. He was constantly a real pain in the neck and would pull pranks all the time. Bad ones, sometimes.

“It’s true that he would pee on our bags containing our clean clothes and he would pee on people too.”

Balotelli is no stranger to a prank

Balotelli, 28, is enduring a poor run of form in France.

And many will think he should stop pranking and start performing.

He has not scored a goal in ten Ligue 1 games – and has picked up five yellow cards already this term.

And SunSport reported that he returned to pre-season overweight – weighing a whopping 103 kg.

The 28-year-old once threw a dart at a Man City youth player