Midfielder blow, Balotelli claim, Firmino messes up — Liverpool Transfer News

Liverpool’s manager may still be waiting for his first trophy but he has now achieved the remarkable feat of conjuring up four significantly different teams in four seasons at the club, in each case out of an unavoidable shemozzle of revolving personnel and evolving tactics.

Which arguably would’ve been fine if he was getting it done on the pitch, but Balotelli continued to watch his minutes dwindle, because, when all’s said and done, strikers kind of have to, you know, score goals, and he wasn’t doing that?

The deal is expected to see Balotelli return to Liverpool next summer.

Like many fans, though, Carra has simply jumped on the anti-Balotelli bandwagon, and failed to fairly or objectively consider the reality and context of the situation. “Yes, I always had Milan in my heart and I always had hoped that I would return one day”. He has yet to feature in any games for the Azzurri during qualifying for the 2016 European Championships in France next summer.

Still, he must have got the chills when reading the reaction in Italy to his return. On Monday night a survey on the popular “Processo del Lunedi” football show on Rai television indicated that close to 62% of fans were against Balotelli’s return. Then, last season’s stodgy sixth place came, a season of defensive introspection that felt a bit like an extended Viking funeral for a single, indigestible superstar presence.

His move comes after Chelsea signed Spain winger Pedro from Barcelona for £21.1m on Thursday.

Dzeko, tied to City until 2018, was partly lured by Bosnian teammate Miralem Pjanic’s praise of Roma, and regular football.

On Sunday, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani confirmed that Milan had held “talks with Liverpool” about a “loan with a portion of wages paid by us and another portion by Liverpool”.

The Bosnian has scored 72 goals in 189 games in all competitions at Etihad Stadium but had a mixed season with Manuel Pellegrini’s side past year.

It is thought Real are keen to sell the 25-year-old for around £16million.

Another ex-Fiorentina player, Juan Cuadrado, is the latest to fail the EPL acid test.

CHELSEA’S Juan Cuadrado has signed a season-long loan deal with Serie A champions Juventus after nearly seven months at the Premier League club.

But contrary to Balotelli, his welcome was far warmer – the Colombian welcomed by hundreds of fans at Milan’s Malpensa airport on Monday evening.