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WoW ! Mario Balotelli arrives to Liverpool training in £240k Ferrari
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AC Milan sign Balotelli from City in January
2013 for £19m, and the
striker goes on to score
30 goals in 54 games.
Balotelli joins Manchester City in August 2010 for £24m from Inter Milan. He scores 30 goals in 80 games and helps the club win their first Premier League title.
Having impressed for Italy during Euro 2012, scoring twice in the semi-finals, he nets the winner against England at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.
Balotelli played for Manchester City for three seasons from 2010 to 2013, scoring 20 goals. He was a big hit with City supporters, helping the club win a first league title since 1968.
But he was also in the headlines for several off-the- pitch incidents – including a training-ground row with
then-manager Roberto Mancini.
In his second season in Manchester, he scored only three goals in 20 games.
The striker agreed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Milan in January 2013, and played for Italy at the World Cup in Brazil.
Former Liverpool defender Gary Gillespie believes the signing of Balotelli is a big risk for his former side.
“His reputation does go before him,” he told BBC
Radio 5 live.
“Brendan Rodgers, out of all the young managers today, would probably be the one to handle him better than most, but I do still think it’s a big gamble.”
Source: BBC Sports
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