Balotelli was a “£50million player”

Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers revealed the club’s owners thought Mario Balotelli was a “£50million player” that they could bring in for cheap and develop.

Rodgers, who was sacked in October last year, signed Balotelli with the money Liverpool received from the sale of Luis Suarez to Barcelona.

The Italian striker cost the club £16million but was one of the Rodgers’ last options after he failed to sign Alexis Sanchez.

“We played AC Milan in a friendly in America because what we needed was a replacement for a player who could press from the top end of the field,” he told Sky’s Goals last Sunday programme.

“It wasn’t just a goalscorer we were after, Luis Suarez was giving so much more than that – the press and how we wanted to work.

“After the AC Milan game I was asked a question and he wasn’t someone I felt was suited or fitted the profile of what we were after.”

However Rodgers said the club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, thought he could “develop” Balotelli into a world-class player.

“Come the end of summer, when we were struggling to get in the type of player we wanted for that role, the ownership thought [Balotelli] was a player I could maybe develop,” he said. Yahoo

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