6 (or 7) footballers and the non-football things they're most (in)famous for

Mario Balotelli house on fire
Mario Balotelli had his set house on fire trying to set off fireworks indoors (Image coutesty: The Mirror)

#3 Bendtner drunk

Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Bendner wasn’t one who could hold his liquor too well

The common thing between Mario Balotelli and Nicklas Bendtner is that both of them possessed the talent to make it big at the top level, but lacked the necessary diligence to justify their potential. Another common thing between them is that both of them have a loud mouth and a penchant to get into trouble.

As Arsenal crashed out of the Champions League, thanks to a loss to Bayern Munich, Bendtner was busy partying hard and getting drunk. His drunkenness got to such a level that he got into an altercation with a taxi driver who, in his 25 years of service, never saw anything like this.

In the driver’s own words:

"He [Bendtner] said that, if he was not so famous, he would have smacked me, and he called me a 'little fat pig'. I asked him to leave the car – I had to ask them three times, and said I'd have to call the police if they didn't."

"He [Bendtner] stood at the back of the car and rubbed up against the side window after unbuttoning his pants while he whipped the cab with his belt and shouted he wanted to 'f**k me'," he added. "I've had drunks and alcoholics in my cab in Copenhagen over the last 25 years, but I've never experienced anything like this."

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