AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi: Mario Balotelli was bought against my advice

Mario Balotelli was bought against my advice: Berlusconi

The owner of Italian giants AC Milan, Silvio Berlusconi has said that he is happy at the departure of controversial striker Mario Balotelli from the club. The 24-year old had joined AC Milan in early 2013 on a four-and-half year deal for 20 million euros from Manchester City, before being signed earlier this year by Liverpool for a fee of 16 million pounds.

Berlusconi went on to add that he never wanted the Italian because he felt he would have an negative impact on the club.

"I remember he was bought against my advice”, he said.

He went on to refer to Balotelli as a ‘rotten apple’ and said that there were several great players playing for Milan at the moment,

"We have many champions: [Jeremy] Menez, [Keisuke] Honda, [Stephan] El Shaarawy, [Fernando] Torres, [Nigel] de Jong...
"The base is there. And we no longer have a rotten apple in the dressing room.” he said.

Balotelli scored 26 goals during his short time at the club but is yet to open his account for Liverpool in the Premier League.

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