Balotelli's agent not worried about his client's future

Mario Balotelli Agent Reacts to Quit Rumours

Mario Balotelli's agent has played down talk of the misfit striker leaving Liverpool to return to Italy this month.

Reports in Italy linked Balotelli with a loan switch to Juventus ahead of a permanent £14million deal this summer.

However his agent Mino Raiola rejected such talk and says the former Manchester City hitman, who has not managed a single Premier League goal since arriving at Anfield in August, should "remain calm and work hard" at Liverpool.

Raiola told Calciomercato: "Balotelli is not doing well, but must remain calm and work hard. Nobody questions his qualities and I am not worried.

"Now you do not hear talk of his private life and this is already a big improvement.

"We forget that he had an injury that kept him still for long and until he's 100 per cent, we will not be able to judge. It's not easy to go abroad and fit in a sports project, you need time."