2016-09-19
Layla Anna-Lee and Don Hutchison discuss the upcoming Europa League clash between Nice and Schalke. Lyon pursued Mario Balotelli this summer before the former Liverpool striker decided to move to Nice, says the French Riviera club's president Jean-Pierre Rivere.
Balotelli moved to Nice on a free transfer this summer and scored twice on his debut against Marseille.
Liverpool had trouble finding suitors for the enigmatic Italian during the summer transfer window, but Rivere said Balotelli was in demand in Ligue 1.
Speaking about his counterpart at Lyon, the Nice president told...