Italian international striker Mario Balotelli is set to return to parent club Liverpool after failing to impress in a loan spell at AC Milan
According to AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani on-loan striker Mario Balotelli will return to parent club Liverpool this summer.
The Italian international is nearing the end of a season-long loan deal at the San Siro and has failed to impress the Rossoneri significantly enough to earn a permanent deal.
Talking about Balotelli, Galliani told : We really like Mario, but he has to convince us to earn a permanent deal.
Mario is feeling well. He is desperate to stay here at Milan. But like I have said before, he does not merit a permanent deal at the moment.
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Massimiliano Allegri felt Juventus inability to sustain their strong start was the reason for dropping points against Sampdoria on Sunday.
The Serie A leaders appeared on track to extend their 25-match winning run of home league games when Patrice Evra s first goal for the club gave them a 12th-minute lead.
But the three-time defending champions failed to make the most of their first-half dominance and were made to pay just six minutes after the break.
Manolo Gabbiadini, co-owned by the Turin club, came off the bench to equalise with a curling left-foot shot and ensure Juve were held to a draw for the second consecutive league game.
Gabbiadini almost snatched all three points for Sinisa Mihajlovic s men late on, but Gianluigi Buffon produced a fantastic …