He was the new Luis Suárez, earning 6 million a year and now desperately looking for a job

One of the best strikers in the world at the time. For many, one of the best strikers in the history of football and undoubtedly one of the best to have worn the Liverpool shirt, is the Uruguayan Luis Suarez, who spent three and a half years at Anfield, during which time he established himself as one of the most dangerous strikers in the Premier League.

However, his great performances and spectacular goals aroused the interest of other big teams in European football, as the Uruguayan showed great qualities at Liverpool and quickly had the opportunity to leave the team. His departure hurt the fans a lot, as Suarez was undoubtedly one of the best players in the team when he left, however, the Reds' management thought they had found the ideal replacement.

In 2014, when Luis Suarez left for FC Barcelona in exchange for €81.7 million, our Liverpool believed they had obtained a real bargain of €20 million for Mario Balotelli, the Italian striker who had surprised the whole world with his great performances at Euro 2012 and who it was believed could have been even better than Luis Suarez.

Due to Balotelli's great potential at that time, Liverpool did not hesitate to pay him 6 million euros a year to convince him to join the team, and that was how the Italian striker was partnered by Steven Gerrard, who tried to ensure that the scandals off the field did not affect Balotelli, who was always involved in situations that undermined his performance, which is why his signing with Liverpool ended up being a resounding failure, especially taking into account that Balotelli is currently looking for a new team, as FC Sion, for which he played last season, was relegated to the second division of the Swiss league.

Balotelli's disappointing spell at Liverpool

Mario Balotelli raised a lot of expectations when he arrived at Anfield, but the disappointment came soon as the player never showed the great potential he had. He played only 28 games for Liverpool and scored only 4 goals for the Reds. Undoubtedly, a total failure.