AC Milan publish picture of Paolo Berlusconi 'making peace' with Mario Balotelli following racism row AC Milan have made moves to end the racism row that has engulfed the club since video footage of vice-president Paolo Berlusconi making racist remarks regarding Mario Balotelli emerged last weekend. The former Manchester City striker, who only joined AC Milan last week, was described as "negretto di famiglia" - translated as "the family's little n****," by Berlusconi, younger brother of the club president Silvio. They were then aired on the website of Italian newspaper La Repubblica, and while not receiving much attention immediately, criticism took off after foreign media picked up on the footage. AC Milan made no immediate comment on the incident, but today posted a picture of Paolo Berlusconi and Balotelli shaking hands and smiling at each other on their official website. A statement was published to accompany the picture and read: "Today the vice-president of AC Milan, Paolo Berlusconi, had a brief conversation with Mario Balotelli while helping out at Milanello (Milan's training ground)." Berlusconi's comments came at a sensitive time for the club and Italian football, with Milan midfielder Kevin Prince-Boateng recently staging a walk-off in a friendly match after being racially abused by a section of supporters. Paolo Berlusconi had been attending a rally for a candidate for his brother's right-wing People of Freedom party when he made the comments.