As the MLS summer transfer window closed, Thomas Rongen made a jovial effort to shoehorn Mario Balotelli into the league's rumor mill mix while beIN Sports colleague Kevin Egan voiced the scorn of just about everyone else alive:
Transfer deadline for @MLS looming at midnight. Could Michael Bradley move? Will @FinallyMario come? #TheXTRA https://t.co/kUEsdbDjBY
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) August 3, 2016
Balotelli has long been known to be on the outs at Liverpool. There has been talk of his contract (he has a year left to run with the EPL club) being rescinded, and he has been linked to a succession of teams.