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Juventus keeper Buffon insists no problems with Liverpool signing Balotelli

Juventus goalkeeper Gigi Buffon denies problems with new Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.

Balotelli was surprisingly dropped for Antonio Conte's first Italy squad, though he was also suspended against the Norwegians.

"We are players and Mario is our teammate," said the goalkeeper. "We don't have a problem with him.

"We are not so presumptuous to think we can teach someone how to act or how to live, because it's not as if we are 50 years older.

"I think there is a Coach and he decides what is best for the group. It is not our job to comment on who gets called up."

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