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Paul Ince insists Liverpool must sell Mario Balotelli in the January transfer window to improve team morale.
The former England captain, who like Balotelli spent time with Inter Milan, believes the striker’s selfish style is having an adverse effect on the rest of the team – and it’s time manager Brendan Rodgers dealt with it.
“I just watched him play yesterday and he plays for himself. You can see the frustration in the other players. There was a time when he could have put another player in but he didn’t," Ince told Talksport.
“I think the quicker Brendan Rodgers sees it and can get rid of him the better, to be honest, and the better it will be for everyone because there is a lack of spirit in that Liverpool side.”
“It seems like people are frightened to say something to him in case he goes the other way. They keep saying what a great, talented player he is but I’m yet to see it.
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Rodgers openly admitted the club were taking a gamble in bringing the former Manchester City striker back to England, and Ince admits he struggles to understand why the Liverpool boss thought he could make a success of Balotelli when both Jose Mourinho and Roberto Mancini failed in the past.
“It was a strange decision bringing Balotelli in," Ince continued. "Brendan [Rodgers] thought he could take that gamble because of losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona but if Jose Mourinho couldn’t control him and Roberto Mancini couldn’t control him then I don’t understand why Brendan thought he could.”
