“We hired Balotelli because we had no alternative” – Rodgers – Brendan Rodgers, former coach of Liverpool, said that Mario Balotelli was hired to Milan in the summer of 2014, solely because there is no valid alternatives in the last days of the transfer market.
The Northern Irishman, moreover, revealed that Alexis Sanchez, the Chilean international who eventually signing for Arsenal, was the primary target.
“We thought that Sanchez could be a great signing, the perfect reinforcement, and [Rickie] Lambert could help us if we had to choose another game system. However, we did not hire Sánchez and Lambert [ed transferred to West Bromwich] was very depressed, “said Rodgers, speaking to Sky Sports.
“After the game against Milan asked me about Balotelli. He said at the time he thought he did not have the appropriate profile, despite having great talent. I do not think it was different from other coaches who have had problems with it. At that moment, we had no other options, “he explained, recognizing the failure of commitment to advanced Italian:
“In late summer we needed to hire a player with those characteristics and we thought it had grown. But things did not work and we paid dearly. ”
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