Mario Balotelli returns to the Milan squad for their Serie A clash at Udinese today after recovering from a shoulder injury.

“Balotelli is fine. He is still feeling a bit of pain but he needs to learn to live with it,” Milan coach Clarence Seedorf said

The Italy striker has missed Milan’s last two matches after leaving the field 12 minutes from the end of the 1-0 Champions League loss by Atletico Madrid last month.

The attacker has been at the centre of more controversy after he published a picture of himself on Twitter playing table tennis, sparking claims that he was not taking the injury seriously.

“I’m not here to tell people how to use their own means of communication,” Seedorf said.

“What makes for news in Italy is a worry to me. Who cares if he played table tennis? He had a six-hour treatment.”

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