10 footballers who made the worst career moves

#5 Mario Balotelli – Liverpool

Balotelli had a season to forget with Liverpool

This inclusion might not come as a surprise to many of us after witnessing Mario Balotelli and his tantrums throughout a controversial career. The Italian made the headlines for all the wrong reasons during his time at Manchester City when he fell out with almost everyone including a training ground bust-up with the then manager Roberto Mancini.

However, the former Golden Boy award winner went back to Italy and rebuilt his stature and image during a decent spell with AC Milan, the club he supported as a kid, scoring 26 goals in the 2013/14 season.

In the following season, Liverpool took the gamble of bringing the hot-headed Italian back to England in a £16 million move to replace the outgoing Luis Suarez. He ended the season with just four goals in his 28 appearances and was touted as one of the worst signings of the season. The striker has since restored some of his reputation with Nice in Ligue 1 last season when he scored 15 goals in 23 appearances but he would be thinking why did he even bother signing for Liverpool in the first place!