Brescia striker Mario Balotelli was involved in a New Year's Day car crash.

Corriere della Sera reports Balotelli's new Fiat 500 Abarth ended up smashing into a gate of a bakery not far from his home after his friend, who was driving, made a wrong manoeuvre and clipped the kerb.

Balotelli, 29, and his friend both emerged from the accident unscathed but the car suffered severe damage to its front axle. They have been returning home from New Year's celebrations at a nightclub in Brescia.

Balotelli left the car on the street and walked the few hundred yards back to his home in Mompiano.