Forgotten Liverpool flop 'still wants to be involved' as 36th birthday nears

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A former international colleague has explained the drive to keep on going.A former Liverpool flop is currently on his 14th club, still going strong at the age of nearly 36.(Image: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)It could always be worse for Liverpool. But before he came through the door, Brendan Rodgers had contrived to throw away Liverpool's first Champions League campaign in years, slumping from second to sixth on the domestic front for good measure.READ MORE: Arne Slot future debated as his 'time at Liverpool is coming to an end'READ MORE: 'I met Darwin Nunez and can see why Liverpool and Arne Slot decided to sell him'It was an ignominious season from beginning to end, with the nadir potentially coming with the pre-match admission of defeat at the Bernabeu.

Not entirely through fault of his own, he has become a symbol of everything that went wrong with the club at that time.Losing Suarez was always going to be tough, but Liverpool had money to replace him. But he was shipped out, with no way back after that corner, and the onus fell on Balotelli to somehow replace one of the most talented players the club has ever seen.For his part, Aspas is still going strong at Celta Vigo.

(Image: Simone Arveda/Getty Images)His former international teammate Giuseppe Rossi has explained why he thinks Balotelli keeps going. "He still enjoys it."I remember playing with him on the national team: he was always somebody that loved being around the ball, being around the pitch.