Mario Balotelli’s switch to Liverpool included a weird clause that the striker needed to adjust to with a purpose to money in on £1million.
The Italian made a return to English soccer in 2014 when he joined the Merseyside membership after a one-year stint with AC Milan. The Reds paid £16million for the previous Manchester City star with hopes that he’d cushion the blow of dropping Luis Suarez to Barcelona the identical summer season.
Balotelli’s mercurial character in addition to penchant for getting despatched off meant Liverpool determined to insert a weird clause in his contract to discourage him from choosing up bookings.
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According to Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football, the 33-year-old had a clause inserted into his contract that might see him obtain him £1 million-per-year if he was in a position to keep away from being despatched off 3 times throughout every season he performed for the Premier League giants.
The clause, albeit a wierd one, definitely made sense on the time contemplating Balotelli had been despatched off seven instances earlier than his arrival at Anfield.
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The distinctive clause learn: “If during each season of the term of this contract the player is not dismissed from the field of play on three or more occasions for violent conduct, spitting, for using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures and/or for dissent… then on the June 30 at the end of each season he shall receive a bonus payment of £1 million.”
While Balotelli spent only a 12 months at Liverpool the place he scored a mere 4 targets in 28 video games, he left Merseyside with an additional £1million after managing to keep away from choosing up a pink card in the course of the 2014/15 season. It was definitely a forgettable second in Balotelli’s profession as he re-joined AC Milan a 12 months later earlier than securing a everlasting transfer to Nice.
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