Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off  the pitch during a friendly match in January when he was racially abused.

Following the recent racial abuse towards him during Serie A encounter between AC Milan and Roma at San Siro, Mario Balotelli has stated that he will follow Kevin-Prince Boateng’s steps and walk off the pitch if he is racially abused by opposing fans again.

Balotelli was subjected to monkey chants from sections of the Roma support during the said match.The game was temporarily suspended by referee Gianluca Rocchi, as the stadium announcer instructed the Roma fans to desist.

Speaking to CNN, Mario Balotelli said ‘I always said that if [racism] happened in the stadium I will just do like “nobody says nothing and I don’t care”.

‘But this time I think I’ve changed my mind a little bit. If it’s going to happen one more time, then I’m going to leave the pitch because it’s so stupid.

‘I spoke with Prince. I was about to leave the pitch on Sunday, but they thought I wanted to leave because we had some difficulty with the game.

‘I said, “No, it’s better we play and I will talk”, that’s it. But if it wasn’t for this reason then I was going to leave the pitch on Sunday”.