Serie A club Sampdoria still reportedly hold an interest in signing Mario Balotelli from Liverpool this summer, most likely as a season-long loan as the Reds try to rid themselves of the troublesome striker they bought for £16.5m in 2014.
According to local Genoa-based newspaper Il Secelo XIX, a deal is certainly feasible.
However, one major issue could be Balotelli's vast salary demands. The 25-year-old is said to command an annual net wage of nearly €4m that could potentially prove too much for Sampdoria to afford unless certain arrangements can be made or he is negotiated down.
One thing the report does point to, though, is the signing of Samuel Eto'o from Everton in 2015 as proof that it could be possible if Sampdoria are really keen to make it happen.
Balotelli spent the 2015/16 campaign on loan at former club AC Milan. It had long been suggested that the Rossoneri would make that a permanent deal, or at least take him on loan again, but that no longer seems like an option.
What is even clearer is that his future definitely doesn't lie with Liverpool. His arrival was described as a 'calculated risk' by then manager Brendan Rodgers, who quickly saw the experiment blow up in his face.
Although innately talented and gifted, Balotelli's languid and often lazy style of play does not fit with how current Reds boss Jurgen Klopp likes to play football. He's also been plagued by injuries in the last couple of years that make him even more of a potential liability.