Brendan Rodgers is a great man manager

Rodgers admitted that signing the Italian was a ‘calculated gamble’ but the biggest risks are the ones that pay off most handsomely.

Not only is £16 million ridiculously cheap for a top footballer, but Balotelli has everything in his locker to be a world class star.

He just needs a manager who can bring it out in him and Rodgers has put his neck on the line to be that man.