Topic: Mario Balotelli

[Skidder.]

Surely this thread belongs in the Former LFC thread, but it appears that the French media started already.

Asked about the number of nightclubs in Nice and nearby Monaco, Balotelli snapped: "I do not even want to hear this question. It doesn't interest me.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/mario-balotelli-claims-snubbed-offers-8755810

How this guy is one of the highest paid players in France is beyond me. Carragher was on the money, Nice overpaid.

Good luck, but thank god he has gone.

[mc_red22]

Surely this thread belongs in the Former LFC thread, but it appears that the French media started already.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/mario-balotelli-claims-snubbed-offers-8755810

How this guy is one of the highest paid players in France is beyond me. Carragher was on the money, Nice overpaid.

Good luck, but thank god he has gone.

Not sure why anything negative can be said about him not wanting to know about nightclubs the minute he signs for his new club.

[Skidder.]

Not sure why anything negative can be said about him not wanting to know about nightclubs the minute he signs for his new club.

We'll see I guess.

[rocco]

"At the end of the day the Liverpool directors admitted Klopp was unfair. I won’t judge him as a coach, even if for me he isn’t a great tactician, but I don’t think he realised we were talking about a person. Mario was exemplary, he never complained even when training alone.It’s not enough to say Klopp was unfair: he was a piece of s--t."

Ballotellis Agent

[GreatEx]

"At the end of the day the Liverpool directors admitted Klopp was unfair. I won’t judge him as a coach, even if for me he isn’t a great tactician, but I don’t think he realised we were talking about a person. Mario was exemplary, he never complained even when training alone.It’s not enough to say Klopp was unfair: he was a piece of s--t."

Ballotellis Agent

After many hours of agonising and gnashing my teeth I've decided I can live with this revelation.

[il_principino]

Hahahahaha....

R.I.P. to this thread.

Please.

[El Lobo]

God help the team that inexplicably signs him after he fucks up this one as well.

[BarryCrocker]

Think someone saw his initials and thought into it too much.

Mario Balotelli= Money Ball

[rocco]

What a load of bollox saying our directors thought he was treated unfairly

[Kopenhagen]

If you can hardly motivate yourself to play well for Liverpool, I can't see how you'd be able to motivate yourself for Nice. Favre is a decent coach, but I doubt he'll be able to get much out of Balotelli. Good luck to him, either way. Superbly talented footballer, just not a natural goalscorer.

It was a bad signing from the beginning and hopefully we learn from that.

[SP]

What a load of bollox saying our directors thought he was treated unfairly

They could have made conciliatory noises whilst attempting to persuade the agent to find another club.

[rocco]

They could have made conciliatory noises whilst attempting to persuade the agent to find another club.

His agent must be expecting not to be dealing with Klopp in the future and has a short memory on Ballotelis comments while on loan not wanting to return to Liverpool

[plura]

That his agent is a piece of shit shouldn't be anything new to anyone in here.

But besides poor efforts on the pitch we never heard much bad about him or his behaviour here. So coming in to just say negative bits about him, when he's clearly trying to put night clubs and such aside is negative with an agenda. After all, he tried and failed and was a poor signing but ultimately is that all on him? Don't think so.

[Redman0151]

Mino Raiola has always been a gobshite, nothing new.

If there's one thing that the new FIFA should go after it's the agents like him and Mendes earning millions off every deal

[pyroparty]

Mino Raiola has always been a gobshite, nothing new.

If there's one thing that the new FIFA should go after it's the agents like him and Mendes earning millions off every deal

Yep. Diseases on the sport, no wonder Valencia are going to shit with that snake Mendes apparently running the show. Not that he'll care when he sees the money rolling in.

[HighSix]

  Read some of the comments about Mourinho & Schweinsteiger in the United thread. Not much different to Mino. If players have done nothing wrong its harsh to remove them from the squad but effective to get them out the club. Personally not that keen on the clubs treatment of Mario since the big Stoke defeat.

[Haemoglobin]

Mino Raiola has always been a gobshite, nothing new.

If there's one thing that the new FIFA should go after it's the agents like him and Mendes earning millions off every deal

Are they in the new FIFA? Awesome! Can't wait to play as Eric Hall

[Kopenhagen]

They could have made conciliatory noises whilst attempting to persuade the agent to find another club.

Was thinking the same.

[Advil]

I know it is his agent who is saying all this negative shit but anybody can see the difference  between proffesionalism of Balo and Benteke.

Both did not fit our style but Benteke at least tried his best and the way he handled his interview after he left was top class and showed how much he wanted to succeed in the future.

Balo on the other hand will be dropped by Favre in 10 games and he will playing for that Atletico club in India by next season and will retire in 2 years time. He totally deserve to be labelled the worst Liverpool player ever. (El Hadji at least made an effort to spit.)

[Redman0151]

Mario not happy with Carragher's comments haha

https://twitter.com/finallymario/status/772114549424189441

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

I saw his response too, this is one feud I hope runs and runs purely for comedy value.

[Alf]

This Raiola is the bloke that just creamed £12 million pound in the Paul Pogba deal. Man Utd could have 3 home games and let everybody in for free for that money.

[farawayred]

Mino Fucking Raiola. Revelation. 'Nough said.

[Gods_Left_Boot]

Good riddance to him to that gangster fucking c*nt of an agent he has.

[Motty]

This Raiola is the bloke that just creamed £12 million pound in the Paul Pogba deal. Man Utd could have 3 home games and let everybody in for free for that money.

23 million wasn't it?

[Phil M]

He's gone, let's move on.

[trimore]

Mario not happy with Carragher's comments haha

https://twitter.com/finallymario/status/772114549424189441

Can't believe he went through the trouble of putting together a graphic for a single ill-tempered tweet.

#Priorities

[HighSix]

  Didn't really need to retaliate to Carras dickish tweet... Boring circles.

Looking forward to seeing Mario back on the pitch. Expecting big things from him, Belhanda & the young team. They were v.close to the likes of Monaco & Lyon last season.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Thought Carra was a bit out of order with the tweet but Mario should have tried harder to rise above it

[Isaacsways]

One of the shittest signings in the history of our club, and lets be honest, we've signed some stinkers... good riddance..utter fucking shite... .. there will actually still be people on here who think he could of come good too..hahahha

[Isaacsways]

Thought Carra was a bit out of order with the tweet but Mario should have tried harder to rise above it

Was he fuck... saying what all of us thought... i couldn't give a fuck about Mario Balotelli as he never once gave a fuck about playing for us, Carragher on the other hand, club legend..

[Andy Hunter]

Didn't even know he left till I saw his haters trophy pic..says it all really.

How did he end up a red i'll never know.

But i'd be lying if I said I didn't go wild against Ludogorets. But that was more the fact we'd been starved of that competition for so long than this waste of space.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Carragher is the dog's bollocks for me, 737 appearances says it all. His tweet was mean spirited and unnecessary. Its fine to be happy he is gone but better ways of expressing that. If Balotelki scores 10 goals will Nice have 'paid' over the odds?

I go on record as saying I never liked the signing from when it was first muted. Was furious on Facebook when it was muted Reason bring that he is one of the most well known footballers in the world and his status did not in any way match up to his actual ability.

I hope he puts his head down and does well for them

[Johnny B. Goode]

Thought it was an interesting signing when it happened and I don't think he had a proper chance with Rodgers. How many times did he play alongside Sturridge, for instance? He was never gonna work leading the line, and he never had company. £16M for a very talented and still young player was anything but outrageous. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. He'd had more than a decent record up until he joined us if you think about it. He was coming off a very good stint at Milan.

Did he even do anything out of the ordinary during his time with us? At this stage people just look for excuses to hate/mock/blame him. Easy target as any.

[Skeeve]

Did he even do anything out of the ordinary during his time with us?

Edited your question to the one that most fans would tend to ask about him, not being the right fit or not settling etc. are annoying happenings when it comes to transfers, but it not working out and the player not seeming to give a shit is what winds up the fans.

[Johnny B. Goode]

Edited your question to the one that most fans would tend to ask about him, not being the right fit or not settling etc. are annoying happenings when it comes to transfers, but it not working out and the player not seeming to give a shit is what winds up the fans.

What makes you say that he didn't give a shit? Genuinely asking because I never heard or read anything to make me feel that way.

[trimore]

What makes you say that he didn't give a shit? Genuinely asking because I never heard or read anything to make me feel that way.

Taking the piss during training by scoring an own goal from the half way line for starters.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2546636-mario-balotelli-facing-liverpool-exit-after-late-night-partying

[Kenny's Jacket]

We should've just stuck to signing Loic Remy. 

[Spanish Al]

What makes you say that he didn't give a shit? Genuinely asking because I never heard or read anything to make me feel that way.

I think it has been well documented by journos close to the club/had access to training sessions (such as James Pearce) that the lad was a tit in training. He quite clearly translated that to the pitch. I backed him and had a pop at a few in the ground when they were getting on his back. You should always support every LFC player in the ground regardless of your opinion. But now he's fucked off to his next club I can finally say what a waste of fucking space he was for our great club. One of the worst signings we ever made when we needed to replace arguably the greatest signing of his generation in Suarez.

I'd wish him all the best and all the luck, but you have to earn luck. And will he earn any? Will he fuck.

Good riddance.

[bird_lfc]

I'd be happy for someone to correct me, but I can't actually
remmeber him coming out and criticising the club at all at any point?

his dickhead agent, yeah maybe, but mario himself conducted himself pretty well.. (by his standards)