Liverpool legend Steve Nicol has slammed Mario Balotelli.

Nicol says Balotelli needs to be offloaded to China as soon as possible.

He told ESPN: “There's no way he has [the desire] in him any more.

“To get to where he was at City, scoring one every two games, he obviously had desire, the discipline, to go with the talent.

“Without those first two [qualities], the talent is not enough.

“He clearly since then has totally lost all that desire and discipline.

“The sooner he goes to the Chinese league, the better for everybody."