Originally published at: Celtic star Giakoumakis' early-career tribute to Mario Balotelli
It’s hard to know which influences Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis has, but in a small way, Mario Batotelli is up there. The firebrand, occasionally world-class Italian striker was box office in the Premier League. At Manchester City, controversy never seemed far away, but he was also periodically unplayable. Instinctive, impossible to shrug off and with…