WC: The news that the British media have been pining for since January 2012 is finally upon us – Mario Balotelli is returning. Having sold one troublesome maverick this summer, Brendan Rodgers feels that he can tame the man who once set a firework off in his bathroom on the eve of a Mancunian derby. There is no denying the 24 year old’s class, but the Italian is so often wrapped in a ball of controversy, that he is almost always a moment away from crossing the border from genius into liability territory.
