Liverpool flop rejoins former club despite explosive on-pitch row with manager just 12 months ago
Mario Balotelli has completed a remarkable return to one of his former clubs after completing his eighth transfer in eight years since leaving Liverpool.
The Italian joined the Reds as a desperate replacement for Luis Suarez in the summer of 2014, signing in a £16m deal from AC Milan despite then-manager Brendan Rodgers insisting he did not want the striker just a few weeks earlier.
He would ultimately prove to be a big-money flop at Anfield, going down as one of the club’s worst ever Premier League signings. Scored just four times from 28 appearances, and only once in the English top-flight during a disappointing year on Merseyside, he struggled back on loan at AC Milan before Liverpool let him join Nice in the summer of 2016 without demanding a transfer fee just to get him off the books.
Enjoying three successful years in France with both Nice and Marseille, even if his last half-campaign at the former proved unsavoury, the controversial striker has since spent season-long stints at Brescia, Monza, and Adana Demirspor.
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Suffering relegation with Brescia, he failed to win promotion from Serie B with Monza before bouncing back with a 19-goal season at Adana Demirspor. However, his time in Turkey came to a controversial end following an explosive on-pitch row with manager Vincenzo Montella.
Clashing following the final whistle after Adana Demirspor claimed a 1-0 victory over Umraniye, Balotelli enraged his compatriot after saying something to him as he walked off the pitch. And while his comments were inaudible, Montella appeared to be provoked and
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