Liverpool have agreed a £16m fee with AC
Milan to sign former Manchester City striker
Mario Balotelli.
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers wants the Italy
international, 24, to strengthen his attack after
last season's top scorer Luis Suarez joined
Barcelona.
Balotelli moved to Milan for £19m from City last
year and has scored 30 goals in 54 games for
the Serie A club.
Liverpool travel to Etihad Stadium in their next
Premier League match on Monday.
Negotiations are still taking place to agree terms
with the player, but Balotelli has already said
his farewells in Italy.
Milan said in a statement on their website:
"Mario Balotelli left Milanello's sporting centre at
13:30 local time, after saying goodbye to his
team-mates.
"Before leaving the premises, the striker has
said goodbye to members of Milan's press
office."
The life of Mario
Balotelli joins
Manchester City in
August 2010 for
£24m from Inter
Milan. He scores 30
goals in 80 games
and helps the club
win their first Premier
League title.
He struggles with
discipline at City
and is involved in a
training-ground
altercation with
then-manager
Roberto Mancini,
prompting his
departure.
AC Milan sign
Balotelli from City
in January 2013 for
£19m, and the
striker goes on to
score 30 goals in 54
games.
Having impressed for
Italy during Euro
2012, scoring twice in
the semi-finals, he
nets the winner
against England at
the 2014 Fifa World
Cup in Brazil.
Balotelli was a big hit with City supporters during
his first spell in England, helping the club win a
first league title since 1968.
But he was also in the headlines for several off-
the-pitch incidents - including a training-ground
bust-up with then-manager Roberto Mancini.
In his second season in Manchester, he scored
only three goals in 20 games.
The striker agreed a four-and-a-half-year deal
with Milan in January 2013, and played for Italy
at the World Cup in Brazil.
He was heavily linked with Arsenal earlier in the
summer, but after bringing in Alexis Sanchez
from Barcelona for £35m, Arsene Wenger ruled
out signing another forward.
Liverpool have so far brought in only one
frontman for the new campaign, signing Rickie
Lambert from Southampton for £4m.
The Reds paid £10m for Lille's Belgium striker
Divock Origi, 19, but have loaned him back to
the French club for the season.
With doubts surrounding the future of Fabio
Borini, who remains a target for Sunderland,
Rodgers is keen to add to his forward line.
"I do still think we need another striker," he
said after Liverpool began their Premier League
campaign with a 2-1 victory over Southampton.
"It is something that we will look at, but it will
depend on the availability of one.
"We will search through to the end of the
transfer window."
AC Milan endured a difficult campaign last
season, finishing eighth in Serie A and failing to
qualify for Europe.
Balotelli would be guaranteed Champions
League football at Liverpool, who finished
runners-up to City in the Premier League last
term.

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Nice buy for Liverpool.If you lose a player like Suarez then you need to look for a replacement like a player better than him, equal to him or close to him. Aside Balo's wahala,I think he is close to Suarez.

Can't wait for Liverpool to unleash him .