Mario Balotelli's Agent Has Foul Mouthed Rant At Jurgen Klopp

You'd have thought that Mino Raiola was too busy counting his money to actually bother firing shots at the manager of Liverpool but it seems the agent of Mario Balotelli and Paul Pogba would rather have a go at Jurgen Klopp rather than roll around in all his fresh notes.

This week it was reported that Raiola has made more money this summer than Cristiano Ronaldo does in a year! That's a lot of money but then not entirely surprising considering the vast amounts he would have made off Paul Pogba's world record transfer along, never mind Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic from his stable also moving to Manchester United.

Mario Balotelli Liverpool

However on deadline day the 48 year old Italian was busy trying to move Mario Balotelli away from his hellish time at Liverpool, getting him a move to French side Nice. But rather than leave it there the agent has gone on a rant about Klopp and his coaching skill, referring to the German as a "piece of shit":

"In the end, the higher-ups at Liverpool admitted that Klopp was wrong (to send Balotelli to train with the reserves). I'm not trying to judge him as a coach - although, for me, he's not a good coach - but he didn't understand that Balotelli is, whatever else, a person.

"Mario has been exemplary. He never complained about training alone. To say that it was wrong of Klopp would be an understatement. He was a piece of s*** about it."

Jurgen Klopp

The criticism of Klopp seems very unfair. The former Dortmund manager wasn't the one who brought the former Manchester City striker to Anfield and judging on Klopp's quotes from earlier in the summer he really wanted to help Balotelli get a new club even if the striker wasn't in his plans:

"We want Mario to become the player he was before his injury. The talent is still there - no doubt about it...There will be a club around who would be happy to have a new Mario Balotelli if you like. I have spoken clearly to the player about that...It's now time to make decisions and I try to help Mario to get in the best shape he can be in and we will see what happens."

Raiola might have a lot of money but you clearly can't buy class...

(Via Liverpool Echo)

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