Mario Balotelli pays bar owner €2,000 to drive his moped into the SEA in Naples before lighting up a cigarette
The former Manchester City and Liverpool striker posted the footage on his Instagram page
Mario Balotelli has never been the most reserved individual.
Be it the scraps on and off the pitch, the attitude or just his undeniable brilliance, Balotelli manages to back it to either the front or the back pages.
But the former Liverpool and Manchester City may have landed himself in some rather salty water after reportedly paying the owner of a Naples bar €2,000 (£1,794) to ride his moped into the sea and publishing the footage on Instagram.
The Italy international, who is currently without a club, has courted controversy throughout his career, but at least there was no malice in his latest stunt.
The 28-year-old can be seen making a bet with the owner of a bar in Mergellina, on the coast of Naples, where he is reportedly a regular.
Egged on by a group of people gathered around, the man is seen getting onto his Vespa while wearing nothing but his underwear, before riding it off the street and into the sea.
As the watching crowd cackle in laughter, the bar owner thankfully resurfaces before getting his money off Balotelli.
The former Inter and AC Milan striker then lights up a cigarette as he chats with the onlookers.
The man later told reporters that 'My moped was only worth €600 anyway,' according to the Football Italia .
Balotelli later posted footage on his Instagram Stories to his 8.8 million followers, showing the Vespa had been retrieved and was remarkably still in working order.