Super agent Mino Raiola has unleashed a scathing attack on Jurgen Klopp over his treatment of Mario Balotelli.
The Italian international's agent, said that the Liverpool manager treated the striker like a ˜piece of s**t' prior to his departure from Anfield.
Balotelli, on loan last season at AC Milan, returned to Liverpool hoping to get an opportunity to prove himself in the first team, but Klopp deemed him surplus to requirements and the player has since moved to OGC Nice.
However, before his free transfer, the former Dortmund manager summoned him to train with the Under-23s.
Raiola claims that Klopp failed to treat his client ˜like a person' over his decision to force Balotelli into the reserves, whilst also spectacularly claiming that the Liverpool executives agreed with him.
He told Gazzetta dello Sport(viathe Daily Mail), In the end, the higher-ups at Liverpool admitted that Klopp was wrong (to send Balotelli to train with the reserves).
I'm not trying to judge him as a coach - although, for me, he's not a good coach - but he didn't understand that Balotelli is, whatever else, a person.
Mario has been exemplary. He never complained about training alone. To say that it was wrong of Klopp would be an understatement; he was a piece of s**tabout it.�
Balotelli scored four goals in 28 games for Liverpool during his short spell on Merseyside and only managed one goal in 20 games whilst on loan at AC Milan.
He is expected to make his OGC Nice debut on September 11th against Marseille.
Mario Balotelli's first Nice press conference was classic Mario 😂 pic.twitter.com/aJANGEzB4d