Raiola ready to speak with Liverpool boss Klopp about Balotelli

Super agent Mino Raiola plans to meet with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp about Mario Balotelli.

The striker is on-loan at AC Milan this season.

Raiola said: "For sure. That is part of my job, to speak to all the managers. I know Klopp from [representing] Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Dortmund.

"If we talk about the quality and the talent Mario has, that is without question.

"Then you also need a manager that believes in you and gives you the chance to prove yourself. We will talk to him when it is time to talk to him.

"He had to go away because with Brendan [Rodgers] there was no possibility to develop any more. There was a preconception towards Mario and I think from his private part of life he has proven them wrong.

"But we have to be realistic. He didn't perform well in 2015 and 2016 needs to be his year. That is his challenge."