Mario Balotelli [On the Road to Ballon d'or)

[Fierce]

I'm still cool with the whole thing.

It was a punt, it didn't work, move on to the next thing.

I kind of agree, I wasn't particularly against it at the time

But to send him back to the exact same place we got him from, and pay half his wages to do so? I don't think I have the vocabulary to put a label on that

Deranged? Absurd? Absurd works I think

Even now as I'm typing, I'm doing it with a look of absolute bemusement

Bat**** ****ing mental

[Saveloy]

If they were the only club interested, I'd call it pragmatic.

Galling but pragmatic. (I've had two words there, is that allowed? )

[Venton]

If they were the only club interested, I'd call it pragmatic.

Galling but pragmatic. (I've had two words there, is that allowed? )

Pragmalling . It's the right answer of course.

[Kenneth]

I'd go with mitigating.

[Saveloy]

I'd go with mitigating.

You're so ****ing cold Kenneth.

You've completely ignored the emotional aspect, which galling has got well and truly covered.

[Slinky Skills]

He's a ****ing clown isn't he. Those boots.

[Kenneth]

You're so ****ing cold Kenneth.

You've completely ignored the emotional aspect, which galling has got well and truly covered.

Mitigalling, if I must.

[Saveloy]

Mitigalling, if I must.

I appreciate the compromise. I can live with that and I think we can move forward.

[TheElephantMan]

He's still contracted to Liverpool so he should stay in the Liverpool forum surely?

You're talking bollocks, shut the **** up.

[Nicey]

So essentially we have removed him from the club, taken his wages of the books, considering they are playing half plus 1.4 million which roughly is the other half and he perhaps will get chance to play himself back into form, were ultimately we can sell him for an actual fee....jobs a gooden

[Norbs]

You're talking bollocks, shut the **** up.

[BigChief]

You're talking bollocks, shut the **** up.

[dww]

I kind of agree, I wasn't particularly against it at the time

But to send him back to the exact same place we got him from, and pay half his wages to do so? I don't think I have the vocabulary to put a label on that

Deranged? Absurd? Absurd works I think

Even now as I'm typing, I'm doing it with a look of absolute bemusement

Bat**** ****ing mental

I think the whole transfer market is crazy. This just seems like a gamble that didn't pay off. In retrospect it does seem to come from some poor planning (he's clearly not a Rodgers type player - not that being so is a guarantee of success as Borini showed).

[Irishnev]

Sound familiar? Were we not supposed to have inserted an amount of "good behavior" clauses into his contract. Where did that get us?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2555437-liverpool-transfer-news-mario-balotelli-agrees-anti-scandal-ac-milan-clause?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-UK

[Gray]

TBF his behaviour isn't the issue, he's just rubbish at footie