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Steven Gerrard slams Mario Balotelli

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Midfielder has just released his new book and he’s taken aim at the controversial striker

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has criticised Mario Balotelli in his new book, claiming the Italian will never become a world-class striker.

The two played together last season at Anfield, but have since moved on, with Gerrard now in the MLS and Balotelli back at the San Siro on a season-long loan to AC Milan.

Liverpool spent ÂŁ16million signing the striker last summer, but after just one season in Merseyside, he has already returned temporarily to his homeland.

Writing in his new book, Gerrard admitted that he warned Brendan Rodgers about signing the striker and revealed that he had concerns when he arrived at Anfield.

Extract from Book

However, he insisted that there were no conflicts between the two.

He said: “There was no friction between myself and Balotelli] – we got on fine. I still tried to help him and I kept looking for chances to praise him, but I could see [Jose] 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, he says the wrong things on social media.”For me, he doesn’t work hard enough on a daily basis. You’re always fighting a losing battle with Balotelli. He does too many things wrong.”

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Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt

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