Liverpool star set for Anfield exit to finance swoop for Man Utd striker Radamel Falcao
LIVERPOOL are preparing to offload Mario Balotelli to finance a move for Manchester United outcast Radamel Falcao.
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Jamie Anderson / Published 15th April 2015
According to Spanish sources, the Reds are willing to take a significant loss on their £16m signing to make room for the Colombian international.
Balotelli, much like Falcao, has failed to make an impact since his Premier League arrival and is prepared to resurrect his career elsewhere.
Sampdoria have declared their interest in the eccentric forward, but insist he must be willing to slash his wages to join.
President Massimo Ferrero said: "I would take him - he’d be the real Balotelli again here. He wouldn’t have too much pressure here in Genoa.
"He’s lost his hunger. He’s earning too much. If he was only on bread and water, he’d be a champion again."
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EXIT: Liverpool are looking to offload former Manchester City star Mario Balotelli [GETTY]
“We speak many times and we cry together”
Silvano Espindola, mentor
Meanwhile Falcao has been tipped to leave Old Trafford in the summer, but is desperate to remain in England.
Falcao, 29, is known to be dissatisfied with warming the bench at Old Trafford, and has been reduced to tears by his current predicament, according to his mentor Silvano Espindola.
He told AS Colombia: "I am not going to tell you that he feels happy because he isn't.
"We speak many times and we cry together. It is not an easy situation because every player wants to play and every goalscorer wants to score goals."
Falcao's lacklustre performances and poultry four league goals have lowered his price-tag to a more
manageable £25m.