Liverpool Flop Mario Balotelli Emerges as a Target for Turkish Giants Galatasary

Published on: 26 May 2016

"?Turkish giants Galatasary are reportedly lining up a bid to take Mario Balotelli away from his Anfield nightmare this summer.


According to Italian sports outlet "?Sport Mediaset Lazio are also in the race to secure the controversial Italian's signature.


The forward has recently been left out of Italian head coach Antonio Conte's squad for next months European Championships due to his poor form during his loan spell with AC Milan, in which he has scored just one goal in twenty Serie A appearances.


AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has also "?confirmed Balotelli won't be staying at the San Siro "Balotelli's contract with us has expired and there are going to be many players leaving us. Players like Alex, Mexes, Boateng and Balotelli are all out of contract and there will be others released too."?

It was reported by the "?Liverpool Echo that the Red's are keen to offload Balotelli who is earning a staggering £80,000 per-week, and they are willing to consider a much lower offer then the £16 million they paid AC Milan for him in 2014.


It doesn't sound like the striker is too excited about a return either having made clear his intentions of leaving Anfield saying "When it comes to my future I want to stay with Milan because I wasn't happy at Liverpool and I don't want to return there. And plus, Milan has the money."?


Galatasary are said to on the hunt for a new striker after selling their top scorer Burak Yilmaz to Chinese side Beijing Guoan in January for 8 million euros. 


Although the Turkish side have been linked with a move for Balotelli before, the deal hasn't been completed due to the clubs precarious financial situation, which could be a stumbling block on this potential transfer. 


The Italian forward had a torrid time at Anfield during the 2014/15 season scoring only one goal in the Premier League before being loaned back to AC Milan the following summer.



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