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Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, in his book My Story, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail described Italian forward, Mario Balotelli “unmanageable”.
Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, in his book My Story, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail described Italian forward, Mario Balotelli “unmanageable”.
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The 25 year-old returned to AC Milan a month back after he couldn’t find his feet at the English club. Gerrard in his book revealed that Balotelli “lapsed in training and the subsequent games. His demeanour was very poor. I made my up mind pretty quickly after that about Balotelli.
The 25 year-old returned to AC Milan a month back after he couldn’t find his feet at the English club. Gerrard in his book revealed that Balotelli “lapsed in training and the subsequent games. His demeanour was very poor. I made my up mind pretty quickly after that about Balotelli.
“We got on fine. I still tried to help him and I kept looking for chances to praise him but I could see why Mourinho had been right when he said Balotelli is unmanageable.
“He is very talented with the potential to be world class, but he’ll never get there because of his mentality and the people around him. Balotelli’s always late, he always wants attention.”
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The LA Galaxy midfielder added that, “He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: ‘I don’t mark on corners. I can’t.’
The LA Galaxy midfielder added that, “He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: ‘I don’t mark on corners. I can’t.’
“Brendan was very firm. He said to Balotelli: ‘Well, you can now — and if you can’t then you’re going to learn.'”