Mario Balotelli was typically good value during Liverpool's training session on Friday - and Sportsmail can reveal that the Italy stri...
Mario Balotelli was typically good value during Liverpool's training session on Friday - and Sportsmail can reveal that the Italy striker is the Premier League's best value-for-money summer signing.
The 24-year-old, who looks to make his debut against Tottenham on Sunday, was bought by Liverpool for £16million and boffins reckon Brendan Rodgers got him on the cheap.
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| Balotelli may be in line to start up front with Daniel Sturridge on sunday |
Analysts at Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory have placed ‘market values’ on top players from around Europe and they calculate that Balotelli was worth £30m, £14m more than Liverpool paid for him.
The striker looked to be getting along with his new team-mates, being hugged by new team-mate Lucas Leiva during the training session and was pictured on the ground having a laugh with more of his new team-mates.
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| Balotelli and Borini |
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| What is so funny lads? The Reds players share a laugh |
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| Balotelli and his new team mates participated in a head tennis |
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| Happy Mario! |
