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Gerrard: Balotelli desperate for Champions League success with Liverpool

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has revealed some of the topics he's discussed with new teammate Mario Balotelli. Gerrard, in quiet moments at the Melwood training complex, has told the Italian where he could be propelled if he scores the goals to give Liverpool back their Champions League season ticket.

"There is no doubt Luis Suarez is going to be one of the big players in the Champions League this season," Gerrard told the Daily Mail. "I know how much he wants to play in the competition. I had many conversations with him about it. But we have got Mario now and we have got to move on.

"If we get the best out of him, we have got him. If people want to write stories about him and say that he is crazy or he is a nutter, let them. But he is one of us now. We have welcomed him into this clubs with open arms and we want to help him succeed. Everyone is hoping he is going to be a hit. He has got a great set of team-mates who will work for him and back him. He has got to do the same for us."

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