Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes Mario Balotelli needs time to adapt at Anfield, but says the 24-year-old striker showed on the club’s Champions League return that he is willing to meet the demands required – (Guardian)
Rodgers says Balotelli has been taking lessons in the history of the club’s great strikers including Luis Suarez, 27, who was sold to Barcelona in the summer – (Liverpool Echo)
Wilfried Bony claims to be fully focused on Swansea City at the end of a summer in which his future was called into question – (Sky Sports)
Schalke youngster Julian Draxler has reportedly revealed he was keen to join Arsenal in the January transfer window – (Metro)
Michael Ballack believes countryman Mesut Ozil should have stayed at Real Madrid – (Daily Star)