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Balotelli spoke to Klopp ‘once’
- Updated: October 3, 2016
Mario Balotelli claims he spoke to Jurgen Klopp “once” and says neither Liverpool nor AC Milan were “ideal environments” for him.
The 26-year-old joined Milan in January 2013 before moving to Liverpool the following year but never settled on Merseyside and returned to the San Siro on loan last season where he struggled with injury.
He appears to be more settled after joining Nice, where he has scored six goals in five games, from Liverpool in the summer but says he barely spoke to Reds boss Klopp when he returned to Anfield after his loan spell in Italy ended.
“Klopp doesn’t know me, I spoke to him once, he told me to go somewhere else, work hard and then return,” Balotelli told Sky Italia.
“So I said goodbye to them, and that we wouldn’t be seeing each other again.”
He also claimed both Milan and Liverpool …
