The FA is investigating the incident and has contacted Balotelli after he posted an image on Instagram of the video game character Super Mario which contained stereotypes about a number of different ethnic groups.
The 24-year-old, who has been a frequent victim of racism himself, deleted the post after he was criticised by other social media users and responded on his Twitter account by writing: "My Mom is jewish so all of u shut up please".
He has until 6pm on Friday to respond to the FA, but he returned to Twitter on Tuesday morning to issue an apology to anybody who took offence at his comments.
“I apologise if I’ve offended anyone,” the Italian wrote on social media. “The post was meant to be anti-racist with humour.
source: skysport.com
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