Agent Mino Raiola has reportedly suggested that Mario Balotelli’s future at Liverpool is far from over, and will return to pre season training in the hope of impressing Jurgen Klopp. As of Friday Liverpool no longer had any players in the Euro (grumble grumble Mamadou Sakho was robbed), and the Copa ended last month, so we can finally take some stock in who is able to show up and get this pre-season started in earnest.
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“This is the moment in the season when you could get a chance because the manager doesn’t have all of his players around”.
The defender played for both Spurs and Liverpool in his 17-year professional career.
Liverpool have already lined up Andreas Kornmayer and Mona Nemmer as fitness and nutritionist specialists ahead of the new campaign, and today, the Echo confirmed we’ve named Andy Renshaw as head physio.
“I think for me if we can keep the players that were in and around it past year I would take that every day because of the education they get with Jurgen”, he said. Klopp’s team then return for their final ICC fixture against Barcelona at Wembley before taking on the German’s former club Mainz. “If we feel like we can get a youngster involved and the manager has them in first-team training every day and is going to use them, then 100% we’ll choose to keep the player here”.
“You’ve always got to think top four – we are Liverpool Football Club, after all”.
In the absence of Neymar, Brazil have no other world class player than can provide the creativity, goals and assists required to progress in major finals.
“Now he’s played the best part of 30 games for two clubs in the Championship and is knocking on the door of the first-team here and having a positive impact”.
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He said: “Balotelli? I’m an optimistic person, I strongly believe in the player, this season wasn’t positive but I think Mario can show his value”.
