Balotelli to Liverpool - Brilliant or Disaster?

[Numero Dieci]

What do you know then?

PM me then.

 

[.h.]

Its nothing scandalous or anything, its just some stuff about Balotelli's moving to Liverpool. Its only relevant if you are balotelli

 

[zodd]

Mario did not fail at Milan. If we only take a look at his performance data, 18 goals at 41 games and 8 assists, how could it be bad? Let's compare it to Palacio's: 39 games/19 goals/8 assists. Almost the same, and I don't think any of us would say Rodrigo had a bad season.

 

[.h.]

Failure can be more than just on a footballing front...

He joined his boyhood club, the club that caused him to leave Inter, and he's left after 18 months? If that isnt failure I dont know what is.

 

[Cal]

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60% is fairly emphatic considering there's almost certainly a large fanboy contingent voting for 'is wrong'

 

[A.l.i]

His career is summed up by the Roma-Milan game last season. How he performed that day and how he acted afterwards. He's going to show flashes of brilliance but in the end it will the same story. Rodgers will be next in line with Mourinho, Mancio, Seedorf, Prandelli.

 

[Numero Dieci]

Mino Raiola is the answer.

He always wants his guys moving clubs.

That way he makes more money.

 

[.h.]

if that was true, he'd be trying to force through moves for Ibra (worth WAY MORE money than Balotelli), Pogba, or any of a bunch of other players...

 

[Numero Dieci]

He has been doing the strings for Ibra for years now.How many clubs has Ibra changed now?He's been with Raiola since his Ajax days.

Pogba left Man Utd with a bit of a scandal and I'm sure when the monet is right he will go from Juve aswell.

And don't even get me started on what he did with Mido.

It's well known in the footballing world that Raiola pulls the strings for his guys to not be one lcub guys.Not saying it's the only reason but it's is one of them.

 

[.h.]

dont get me wrong, i agree, raiola is a scumbag agent and i dont want to do deals with him

but it isnt the primary reason for balotelli's sale. what would have been worth substantially more for him was to take a huge cheque from real for Pogba, for example.

 

[Numero Dieci]

I never said he was the primary reason but just one oif the reasons.Let's face it he had a big wage,he was ''saleable''(him and SES are the only 2 ones they could sell to get a decent fee) and with no continental competition it wasn't worth it.

Either way even if english football doesn't suit him better he might do better at Liverpool than at City.

But then again I thought Bianchi,Osvaldo and Bojinov would be stars in EPL nad failed.But there are the Zolas and Di Canio's who made it in England.

 

[Ffi201zi002tlis]

Mario did not fail at Milan. If we only take a look at his performance data, 18 goals at 41 games and 8 assists, how could it be bad? Let's compare it to Palacio's: 39 games/19 goals/8 assists. Almost the same, and I don't think any of us would say Rodrigo had a bad season.

He had penalties to make his stats look good, meanwhile we had 1 for the whole season :work:

Also, Palacio is 32 and not even play at his best position, still managed to have better stats than Balo

 

[iimilito]

i think the reason why balo leaves milan not because he was failled, milan just decide to build the team around shaarawy. they dont have money to upgrade the squad and the only option to get money is by selling balo..it's just economic reason..

 

[Ffi201zi002tlis]

Not only economic reasons, it seems no one like him there. And if he didn't have those penalty to save his ass, he could look worse than Gilardino, who is old and almost finished.

Selling Balo and build a team around El Shaarawy doesn't sound good either. Dude is slowly turning their new Pato, great potential but never fulfil it because of injuries.

 

[Hugo Boss]

Balotelli to Liverpool - Brilliant or Disaster?
Both
Brilliant for Milan
Disaster for Liverpool
end of story.

 

[n4l]

Brilliant for Milan?
Milan is very much an upper mid table team now. Guarantee they finish right around 6-9th for the next couple of seasons.

And sorry browha, but the whole "fans are happy with the sale" doesn't really pass the smell test. After all, these are the same "fans", head coach and italian pundits who basically blamed balotelli for italy's world cup failure.....and anybody with any fucking common sense knows that's just outright ridiculous.

 

[Bluenine]

The main problem with someone like Balotelli is that you end up creating an attacking strategy around him, he is not flexible or hard working enough to fit into your existing tactical set up. This limits a team tactically, and you end up depending on Balotelli's form or mood, and we all know that's recipe for disaster due to his inconsistency and general lack of effort. Such players are not meant for top clubs, they are better off being the big fish in a small pond, where everything revolves around them and 1 great performance in every 3 games is considered a good return.

So I can understand why Milan want to cash up on him, and invest that money on players who fit into Inzaghi's tactics. In the long run, this is good for Milan.

From a Liverpool standpoint, £16m is a relatively small punt. In return, they get a striker who has EPL experience, who is talented enough to be a great impact player, and who knows its his last chance at a big club. IMO Liverpool are looking at Balotelli as a back up to Sturridge and an impact player off the bench, not a Suarez replacement. And that is a sensible approach. Balotelli can be a great impact player, someone who can come off the bench and give them a critical breakthrough every now and then. And if he does not work out in the long term, Liverpool do not lose out much money.

That is the key difference why this move may make sense for both clubs. £16m is HUGE in the Italian context, but not so significant for top table EPL teams. My guess is that Balotelli will play an important role off the bench for Liverpool this season, and then his ego will force him to move to a club where he is the star. IMO like Cassano, Balotelli is destined to be a big fish in a small pond, and do very well at a smaller club...

 

[Bergkamp]

if that was true, he'd be trying to force through moves for Ibra (worth WAY MORE money than Balotelli), Pogba, or any of a bunch of other players...

What are your thoughts about Arsenal passing on the chance to sign him Browha? Good or bad move? I was surprised that Wenger had no interest in Balotelli whatsoever and probably thought he couldn't handle him. kay:

 

[Armes]

Mario did not fail at Milan. If we only take a look at his performance data, 18 goals at 41 games and 8 assists, how could it be bad? Let's compare it to Palacio's: 39 games/19 goals/8 assists. Almost the same, and I don't think any of us would say Rodrigo had a bad season.

you forgot that balotelli is 24 and rodrigo 32. like it was mentioned, balo played at his boyhood club while palacio was supposed to be this washed up old second striker who turned out to be smth else. not to mention the physical serie a defenders...

 

[Hugo Boss]

And you have to know that Balo only scored 4 open play goals in the last 2 years. He often missed a sitter as well...
And what kind of striker got 47 yellow card in his 5 years career?