Liverpool transfer news: Balotelli finally leaves for free

Unwanted striker joins Nice but Mamadou Sakho digs in his heels over exit - latest Liverpool transfer news and gossip

Mario Balotelli of Liverpool FC
(Image credit: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty)

Liverpool fans were rejoicing today after the club finally got shot of Mario Balotelli, who will surely be remembered as one of the Anfield club's biggest mistakes.

The so-called striker with an aversion to scoring goals has spent the past few months loafing at Liverpool but not any longer after he joined French outfit Nice, 16 months after he last played a game for the Reds.

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