The prostitute who sold her story after allegedly having sex with Wayne Rooney has had a
‘brief involvement’ with Manchester City ace Mario Balotelli, his agent said today.
'certain types of people'. Mr Clifford said Miss Thompson approached his PR firm yesterday and discussions over the
sale of her story were ongoing. 'She has been pursued by the tabloids over an alleged friendship with Balotelli and asked
us to represent her. 'We represented her some time ago when she was linked to Wayne Rooney.'
Jennifer Thompson and another call girl were
linked with Manchester United star Rooney before England’s World Cup campaign in 2010.
The fling, which
happened at the time Rooney’s wife Coleen was pregnant with their son, Kai, shamed the striker and in following months he
suffered a devastating drop in form on the pitch.
Balotelli’s agent Mino Raiola said that the
Italian striker had turned down offers of an arrangement to keep the liaison with Miss Thompson
secret
Balotelli is not married but has been seeing Italian reality TV star Raffaella Fico since last
summer
Mr Raiola said in a statement: ‘Mario is a young and impulsive football player and as such he is
an easy target for tabloids looking for stories and people seeking to benefit from being associated with
him.
‘Lately I feel that the chase has become more purposeful and women, in particular, are targeting
Mario looking to make money from him directly or by selling stories to newspapers that relate to situations which they have
intentionally pursued.
‘It now seems that one of these women has succeeded and the newspapers have
their story.
‘In this regard, we therefore wish to confirm that Mario has had a brief involvement with
Miss Jennifer Thompson, a well-known figure amongst tabloid readers in England.
admit what has happened, has refused any means on offer to try to keep the matter silent and will deal with any consequences
his actions bring in the way of public attention.
‘However, he prefers to deal with his personal life in
private and had told those close to him about this situation prior to any suggestion of this matter becoming
public.’
The agent added that the 21-year-old was determined to avoid ‘certain types of
people’.
Mr Clifford said Miss Thompson approached his PR firm yesterday and discussions over the sale
of her story were ongoing.
‘She has been pursued by the tabloids over an alleged friendship with
Balotelli and asked us to represent her.
‘We represented her some time ago when she was linked to Wayne
Rooney.’