"Money allows you to buy great players but not a team," Mario Balotelli said on French television before his team, Nice, played high-spending Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 today.
Balotelli mocked PSG for their elimination by Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
"It's always shameful to see a big team like PSG go out of the Champions League, but Real were better," the Italian striker said.
"Money doesn't make a team," he added.
Asked what he expected on Sunday, Balotelli said: "To be honest I haven't watched PSG this season, apart from their last match against Real Madrid. They deserved to lose."
"Paris, is like Guingamp, a team in Ligue 1. I do not care that is is PSG. Sure, they are a big team because they have big players, but so do Lyon and Marseille. I don't make a distinction."
"Paris without Neymar, they aren't the same team. He's one of the three best players in the world."
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