Noel Gallagher tells Ian Wright which footballers he’d want in his band

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Noel Gallagher has told to Ian Wright which footballers he’d want in his band.The High Flying Birds frontman and former Oasis guitarist, vocalist and songwriter appeared on the pundit and former footballer’s podcast Wrighty’s House this week for a live special recorded at Spotify‘s HQ.Speaking to co-host Ryan Hunn alongside Wright’s son, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Gallagher went straight in with Mario Balotelli when asked which footballers he’d have in his band.“I’d have Balotelli in it.

The first gangster footballer,” Gallagher said, before recalling a story about the Italian player who used to play for Manchester City.“I was at training once and we come in and [Balotelli’s] camouflage Bentley was parked sideways in the carpark,” Gallagher said. “We’d watch City training and he was the best in training I’d ever seen anyone.

He was insane. And as we left a story was breaking that he’d left a Liverpool strip club at 5am that morning and gone straight to training where he was running rings round everybody.

He was insane.”Gallagher continued, addressing Balotelli’s ‘Why always me?’ shirt, which the ex-Man City player wore during a 2011 match against Manchester United in response to a barrage of press attention.“Have you heard the story about the, ‘Why always me?’ shirt?” Gallagher asked Wrighty’s House.“So, my office are legendary for getting the wrong end of the stick of things.