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Revealed: Why Liverpool were desperate to offload Mario Balotelli

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There was something on the other side of the dressing room at Melwood which caught Mario Balotelli’s eye.

When the Italian striker asked what a team-mate was holding, he was informed it was the new iPhone 6. Balotelli, not yet in possession of Apple’s latest smartphone, was visibly irked according to observers.

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