Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has two new dogs.

Balotelli bought two Staffordshire Bull Terriers last week. The 24-year-old also has a pet pig called Super.

Balotelli's Liverpool team-mates want him to pay tribute to Steven Gerrard by naming his two new pets after him.

"The players reckon it will be a funny tribute to Stevie, so we can still have Stevie and G after the skipper's left," a club source told The Sun.