Having no club actually want to buy him, may work out exceptionally well for Mario Balotelli come September.
The controversial Liverpool striker has been an outright flop since arriving at Anfield from AC Milan for a fee of £16 million.
His poor form and trademark terrible attitude means that he is no longer wanted by the Reds. However, both club and player are in a rather awkward position as no teams seem to want to buy the Italian. That may not be as bad as it sounds in the short term for Balotelli.
Thanks to some incredible negotiations from his agent Mino Raiola, Balotelli stands to gain a huge windfall if he is still a Liverpool player on September 1st. Balotelli will receive a six-figure ‘loyalty bonus’ if he’s simply still there on that date.
Raiola, who also represents Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku, was said to have gotten the ridiculous clause written into his client's contract as a result of Balotelli taking a 50% pay cut by leaving AC Milan for Liverpool.
Hat-tip to the Guardian
