Balotelli has had a reputation for being a hard character to control on and off the field throughout his career, with new Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho once suggesting he could write a 200-page book on the striker’s antics at Inter Milan. Jurgen Klopp addressing the media said: “Since he has been back, he’s been a good guy and I can’t say anything different”. The World-Anti-Doping Agency also claims it could appeal UEFA’s verdict that freed him of any wrong doing, and that could still turn out ugly, but both Liverpool and the player still consider taking legal actions against UEFA. And now he’s here, we will do everything we can to get him fit.
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“Obviously Joe Allen is a good player”.
“He’s not at the stage of his career where he should be battling with four or five players for one or two positions”, Klopp said.
The 26-year-old, who has one year remaining on his current deal, struggled for regular game time under Klopp last season having started just eight Premier League games.
While Allen’s composed midfield displays in France have led to calls from supporters for Klopp to keep him at Liverpool, the German is seemingly not so confident.
Mario has scored only one goal in 16 appearances for Liverpool before he was loaned to AC Milan with an option to buy but unfortunately, Balotelli could only score one goal.
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“Sadio lost his way after all the Man Utd rumours and it took him a good while to get back on track”, a Southampton insider told Independent.ie.
After downing Tranmere Rovers on Friday, Liverpool kept the pre-season friendly train rolling with a resounding 5-0 win over League One side Fleetwood Town.
Each team will be led by a marquee player with Giggs helming Mumbai and England great Paul Scholes, who was signed up last month, leading Bangalore.
“I think he showed in many games that he can be a very important player for us and hopefully that will be the case this year”.
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“I hope to see a group, from an emotional point of view, coming together and getting to know each other better and understanding each other better”, Mourinho said.
