Balotelli is unmanageable —Gerrard

Balotelli is unmanageable – Gerrard 15 Sep 2015 4:23 AM  Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard agrees with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho that Mario Balotelli is “unmanageable”. Balotelli, 25, has been loaned to AC Milan after struggling to make an impact at Liverpool following his move from the San Siro in 2014 – and he impressed in the Milan derby on Sunday night despite a 1-0 loss to Inter Milan, according to Soccernet. The Italy international played under Mourinho when the Portuguese was in charge of Inter Milan, and in 2010 he warned clubs about his poor attitude. Gerrard said in his book My Story, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail, after his promising debut against Tottenham, he had lapsed in training and the subsequent games. His demeanour was very poor. I made my up mind pretty quickly after that about Balotelli. “We got on fine. I still tried to help him and I kept looking for chances to praise him but I could see why Mourinho had been right when he said Balotelli is unmanageable. “He is very talented with the potential to be world class, but he’ll never get there because of his mentality and the people around him. Balotelli’s always late, he always wants attention.” Gerrard was unimpressed with the way Balotelli, who has scored four goals in 28 appearances for Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool, conducted himself in training. The LA Galaxy midfielder said, “He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: ‘I don’t mark on corners. I can’t.’ “Brendan was very firm. He said to Balotelli: ‘Well, you can now — and if you can’t then you’re going to learn.’” The ex-England captain added, “In my last season, Brendan Rodgers came to me at Melwood one day in mid-August. We had a chat on the training pitch.” Copyright PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. Contact: editor@punchng.com