Sloth – Mario Balotelli
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“I don't care”
If one man could personify this most infuriating of statements – it would be Mario Balotelli.
He had the talent – still has, if what he is doing at Nice is anything to go by – but his head's not always been in it. While his unexplainable maverick-ness has played a hug part, sloth is arguably the one thing that has held the volatile Italian back is sloth. Sheer, unadulterated laziness.
This one story from his calamitous Liverpool career proves my point.
It was September 2014, and at the club's Melwood training facility Brendan Rodgers was put his men through a number of training exercises. One of those involved working on defending corners. Rodgers called all of them and instructed them on where each player should stand, and what they should do. Except, there was one player missing.
Looking around he saw Balotelli lolling about up the pitch, and the coach shouted at him to get back. Mario's response was typically Mario -
“No”
When Rodgers demanded an explanation, he said -
“'I don't come back for corners, I'm a striker”
No wonder Klopp asked him to pack his bags.
