Balotelli headed to Merseyside as the summer transfer window came to a close. He signed for Brendan Rodgers despite the Northern Irish boss "categorically" denying he would buy the Italian, but he has struggled to fit into the team's busy style of play.

Slovakian stalwart Skrtel suggests the same disconnect is apparent in the dressing room.

"Mario has not fully opened up to us," said Skrtel, as reported by James Dickenson of the Express. "But I think that the stories about him are not always true. When I met him I found out that he is totally different person than the way he is presented."

Skrtel appears to be referring to the plethora of headline-grabbing occurrences that have constricted Balotelli's career. Although the centre-back offers a half-hearted attempt at defending his new team-mate, he does little to dispel suggestions that Balotelli remains a lone wolf.

The centre-back's comments also follow on from Ian Darke's report for ESPN FC, in which he revealed, "Sources have told me that some of [Balotelli's] team-mates at Anfield are none too impressed by his individualistic approach."

Rodgers recently admitted his new signing "has not hit the numbers he will have wanted," as reported by Andy Hunter of The Guardian. Balotelli has scored just one in seven appearances and has spearheaded Liverpool's attack without the verve expected of him. His movement is lazy, he appears uninterested, and he is too willing to shoot from distance when more effective options are available.

Srktel rated 9 out of 10 against Spain. Says he totally shut down Costa haha..

Well Reus will not have any problem getting first team at Man City and Arsenal too, so yea Reus is very unlikely to come here, unless some miracle happens and he choose to come here.

All Premier League proven. #Buyprovendon'tgambleonsuperstars *sarcasm

This post has been edited by reehdus: Oct 10 2014, 11:56 AM

lol no more Soton player please, oh and not Dyer and Bony please, they both average at best, and can only shine in mid table club.

But sighh, me too can forsee such situation happens, Liverpool way of transfer, buy bunch of average players, instead of getting 1 or 2 top player.

Incorrect. Our latest transfer links are with Alex Song and Winston Reid of West Ham. Even worse...

To be fair, Costa is not made for the tiki taka of Spain and he has never and probably will never perform well for them unless they start adopting a more direct approach much like the changes currently undergoing at Barca.

Yep too bad he was quoted like what ridiculous amount? 30mil pound?

Feels good tho when Skrtel playing well.. I like Skrtel very much, last season he score most of the crucial goals for me.

But yea Costa isn't Spain's material.. Likes A.Madrid they are very good at counter attack

Now we linked to Shaqiri again. I predict we will buy Andros Townsend instead

Mercedes Benz Powered - Karim Benz....ema.

He is back, literally.

You should be on ESPN dude. Pretty accurate summation going by BR's penchant for mediocre players.

Hail Hydra!

Makes me wonder why is his form in BPL not the same...hope he can be back to his scoring days soon

Heard on radio about transfer news on reus.

But lovren injured?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=654946...&type=2&theater

Diego so hardcore.

Fuh Reus...

But on other side, i think Liverpool shud buy Carlos Tevez..

He can create chances like suarez..love his playing style when he play for MU..

Congratz Lallana for getting a goal

Made of paper, just played a few again then injured again

Metro has reported Winston Reid snub Arsenal and choose Liverpool. Probably his price is around E19M
please stay as rumors and do not join Liverpool

Suarez must shaking his balls because Barca backs Catalans to exits from Spain and cant be part of La Liga if they are form new contry
Sos

you ask you suka suka p Barca

Suarez joined Barca coz his waifu and family from there. He doesn't care coz he is scared of his waifu.