Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri is denying reports linking Liverpool's disappointing striker Mario Balotelli with a move to Italy in the winter transfer window. Allegri, who coached the Italian international at Milan before taking the helm of Juve in July, told Italian TV station RAI: "I think this is a made up story.
"Balotelli has done very well with me but he belongs to Liverpool and he is not a player that can arrive at Juventus."
Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola insists that despite Balotelli's slow start to life at Anfield, the former Inter Milan striker will come good at Liverpool.
"I'm not worried," Raiola told RAI. " Mario has been out for almost 10 weeks with an injury and you cannot judge him until he is 100 per cent fit.
"It's not easy to go abroad and adapt quickly to a new team."
Raiola does not regret Balotelli's return to the Premier League.
"Decisions are judged at the time when they are made," Raiola said. "In the summer, it was right (for Balotelli) to leave Milan and I would do it again.
"Mario has gone to the best league in the world.
"Now he is not doing well at Liverpool for different reasons but Mario is calm and he is working to return to be in top condition.
"I do not regret this transfer and Mario's departure from Milan." Balotelli is under contract with Liverpool until June 2017.
