<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Al-Arabi head coach Gianfranco Zola has urged Liverpool FC flop Mario Balotelli to consider a move to Qatar.</em></strong></h3> <h3 style="text-align: justify"></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Following his a 20 million (A?16m) move from <a title="ac milan" href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/category/serie-a-2/ac-milan/" target="_blank"><strong>AC Milan</strong></a> . last summer, Mario Balotelli has struggled at <a title="liverpool fc" href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/category/english-premier-league/liverpool/" target="_blank"><strong>Liverpool FC</strong></a>. The player has been <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2015/sampdoria-president-urges-mario-balotelli-to-join-them/" target="_blank">linked with a possible exit to Sampdoria</a> and <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2015/bologna-confirm-interest-in-liverpool-fc-flop-mario-balotelli/" target="_blank">Bologna</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Much was expected of Balotelli at Anfield, but, the player was perhaps a square peg in a round hole in the system at Liverpool FC.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">He struggled to get in the team and made only 10 starts in the league scoring just once a a winner against <a title="tottenham hotspur" href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/category/english-premier-league/tottenham-hotspur/"><strong>Tottenham Hotspur</strong></a>.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Zola "recommends" Qatar to Balotelli</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Former Chelsea FC star and West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has suggested a spell in Qatar at Al-Arabi may give the Liverpool FC forward an opportunity to re-launch his career.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><em>"Cassano and Balotelli? They are two top players, and it could be an excellent opportunity for them to play in a league with less scrutiny, recharge their batteries, and return to Europe as protagonists,"</em> Zola told <a href="http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Estero/31-07-2015/consiglio-zola-balotelli-cassano-vengano-giocare-qatar-120770686867.shtml">Gazzetta Dello Sport.</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><em>"I'd recommend it as an experience. We have a lot of players, but if I had the opportunity [to sign them] I'd so it without a second thought."</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify">As per <a href="http://www.espnfc.com/liverpool/story/2544291/mario-balotelli-welcome-at-al-arabi-in-qatar-gianfranco-zola">ESPN FC</a>, Zola tried to sign the Liverpool FC forward in 2009 when he was the manager of West Ham.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Balotelli certain to leave, but wages a problem.</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Balotelli is certain to leave Anfield, and Liverpool Echo reporter James Pearce was <a href="http://www.thisisanfield.com/2015/06/i-amazed-mario-balotelli-stays-liverpool-according-journalist/">quoted</a> saying:</p> <blockquote><em>a I would be absolutely amazed if Mario Balotelli was still a Liverpool player on the first day of next season. You only have to look at how fleetingly he was used last season to see where he stands.a </em> <em>a I certainly expect Balotelli to move, possibly to Sampdoria, but Liverpool may struggle to get even half of what they paid for him (A?16m).a </em></blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify">And while Liverpool FC may settle for a loss on the player, his wages, reportedly 6 million Euro per season, could be a stumbling block for any side who wishes to secure his services.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">With <a title="euro 2016" href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/category/internationals/euro-2016/"><strong>Euro 2016</strong></a> in the summer following the 2015-16 season, Balotelli would want to start firing again and cannot afford to spend another season on the bench at Liverpool FC.</p> <!--Article End-->