Future Anfield legend.

Discuss.

Lol, Lets wait for it to be official pls.

But its a sign of ambition imo, The other clubs are having mixed feelings.

It's as good as official no? I'm pretty pumped...always been a big fan of this crazy monster.

Funny how none of the United players in that photo play for United any longer.

Anyway, considering the current situation in the market for available strikers, I'm happy to get Balotelli for £16m.

The fact we're signing him late in the window probably tells that he wasn't top of the list for transfer targets this summer, but if he just applies himself, he can be a very fine player for any team. I'm hopeful. Welcome, Mario.

I am not sure that he wasn't one of our first targets. Didn't someone in Milan management come out after the World Cup and say that they had a deal in place to sell Balotelli before the WC and that it fell apart or something? I thought I read that somewhere.

Regardless of whether he was first or last choice he was obviously on our radar, and even when Rodgers said that Balo wouldn't play in Liverpool he also complimented how talented he was as a player.

Even if Balotelli doesn't reach his potential or focus with us he's still a player that tends to score 1 in every 2 games and posses a big threat to the other team on the pitch. He's better than Lambert and that's all that really matters for this season, and at 16m it's not much of a gamble.

So, we are getting a player 10x more crazy than Suarez and 10x less talented/efficient than Suarez.

Kinda mixed feelings tbh like wiith when Suarez signed frankly.

I definitely didnt want sign him earlier in the window when we were linked but have come around to the fact that he is best option we have atm.

Cant i am more excited by his signing than aynone this window though i have much apprehensions about him

Also with Mino Raiola being his agent we cant certain of his signature until poses for a lean.

Must be nightmare for our Media officers though.Suarez goes and Balotelli comes in lol

Let dem general section haters hate.

BOSS SIGNING

I love Balo!!!

Mario is a goddamn legend at 24.

So what's his wage like         !!!

iftikhar wrote:So what's his wage like         !!!

£190k / week

that's not what I've been reading

I read it was 95k a week.

iftikhar wrote:So what's his wage like         !!!

Mario Balotelli’s future seems set to be at Liverpool. Milan and Liverpool have already reached an agreement, now the one between the English club and the player is missing, but the parties are negotiating. Liverpool have already presented their first economic offer: €5.8M wages a year, £90,000 per week. Important figures, Balotelli is increasingly close to Liverpool.

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calciomercato/heres-liverpools-offer-to-balotelli-the-details/

£190k / week

Did even Suarez had such wage   ?

I read it was 95k a week.

Pound! Euro! Dollar!

€5.8M wages a year, £90,000 per week.

Sounds sensible   .

Guys, once in a year, even I joke.

Haven't read anything but it won't be 190k.

Time for a change of avatar imo

Art Morte wrote:Guys, once in a year, even I joke.

Haven't read anything but it won't be 190k.

That avatar just doesnt help

haha yeah that avatar is too serious Morty

Art Morte wrote:Guys, once in a year, even I joke.

Haven't read anything but it won't be 190k.

Arty my mate       

"I can categorically tell you Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool,"

https://vine.co/v/MEnqQZwiA2t

Now the question arises what did he mean by "Categorically"     

Rodgers on Mario when he was at Swansea

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"He is certainly an interesting one," Rodgers says.

"Some players have that kind of personality and there's not a lot you can do — they will always be high maintenance.

"For a manager it's hard work dealing with that kind of player, because your ideal situation is to have players who are in love with football and devote their life to football.

"Having said that, you also have to understand that sometimes the top players, the geniuses, have a flaw somewhere."

Rodgers smiles, like the rest of us, when some of Balotelli's apparent acts of extreme kindness are mentioned.

"There's no doubt the kid's got a good heart," the Swansea manager adds.

"I have spoken to people at Manchester City and I have heard all the stories about how he walks into garages and pays for people's petrol and things like that.

"It sounds like there's a heart of gold in there, and that's why they persist with him and persevere.

"Some players are rascals, but they can be good rascals.

"If they are not the good kind you have a problem, but you can put up with it if they are — and as long as you do not have too many of them in your squad."

Mancini suggested this week that Balotelli ought to marry his girlfriend, that he should settle down and concentrate on his football career.

Rodgers describes that idea as "absolutely spot on", but Balotelli promptly insisted that he was in no rush to tie the knot.

For the moment, it seems, the enigmatic young forward is happy with his lot — even if he rarely looks too bothered when he scores a goal.

"I hope he is not thinking that he will settle down when he is 28 or 29," Rodgers says.

"The idea for him should be to focus on his football, because there is no doubt that he is a massive talent.

"I remember speaking to Fabio Borini about him.

"He has played with him for the Italian under-21s, and said he was the best player he'd ever worked with.

"He just said he was incredible."

Pirlo said: 'Mario has matured since he has been back in Italy. He will be the first to admit when he was younger he made some mistakes - but he is not that player anymore.

'Anybody who still talks about him in that way is living in the past.'