Mario Balotelli: 'I only spoke to Jurgen Klopp once at Liverpool'

Mario Balotelli has claimed that he only spoke to Jurgen Klopp once at Liverpool, and that the club was not an "ideal environment" for him.

The 26-year-old was sold to French side Nice in the summer after a two-year spell on Merseyside which saw him score just two league goals for the club.

"Klopp doesn't know me, I spoke to him once, he told me to go somewhere else, work hard and then return," Balotelli told Sky Italia.

"So I said goodbye to them, and that we wouldn't be seeing each other again."

He also claimed that both AC Milan - where he spent the 2015-16 season on loan - and Liverpool 'weren't adapted to him', adding: "It wasn't anyone's fault. They weren't ideal environments for me.

"I didn't make mistakes in terms of my game or my behaviour, but I did get injured and that's not something I can control."

Balotelli has scored six goals in five games for Nice this season.