Nice have signed the striker on a free transfer to end his two-year nightmare stay on Merseyside.
Balotelli was in the south of France on Wednesday for discussions with the Ligue 1 outfit and underwent a medical, according to reports
#BenvenutoMario pic.twitter.com/gxwatH7xDm
– OGC Nice (@ogcnice) August 31, 2016
Liverpool have been trying to find suitors for Balotelli, who had one year remaining on his contract, all summer after Jurgen Klopp made it clear that the misfiring forward would not be part of his plans.
Nice recently had 80 percent of the club bought out by Chinese and American investors, with club president Jean-Pierre Rivere believing the club “will scale new peaks and will continue to grow,” due to the injection of new resources.
“We are very happy to welcome Mario,” Rivere told the club’s website. “We hope that at Nice, in a family atmosphere, he’ll rediscover his enjoyment of the game.
#LFC can confirm Mario Balotelli has joined French club @ogcnice on a permanent deal: https://t.co/b8qGdjQtNX pic.twitter.com/8hUHP5u7wz
– Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 31, 2016
“We know, him and us, that nothing will be easy but with desire and, I hope, the support of all our fans, we’ll enable him to blossom and to bring all his talent to the service of the team.
“We’re still a club under construction. Our progression is being carried out step by step. We [hope] to have a good season with our squad in all the different competitions that we will have to contend with.”
Balotelli joined Liverpool in the summer of 2014, with then-manager Brendan Rodgers even labeling the move a “gamble.”
He scored one goal in the Premier League for Liverpool before he was shipped out on loan to AC Milan last season.
Balotelli returned to Merseyside from his spell in Italy this summer for preseason training, but was left behind as the team toured the United States and did not appear in any of the nine friendlies.
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