Mario Balotelli has claimed that he only spoke to Jurgen Klopp once at Liverpool, and that the club was not an "ideal environment" for him.
The 26-year-old was sold to French side Nice in the summer after a two-year spell on Merseyside which saw him score just two league goals for the club.
"Klopp doesn't know me, I spoke to him once, he told me to go somewhere else, work hard and then return," Balotelli told Sky Italia.
"So I said goodbye to them, and that we wouldn't be seeing each other again."
He also claimed that both AC Milan - where he spent the 2015-16 season on loan - and Liverpool 'weren't adapted to him', adding: "It wasn't anyone's fault. They weren't ideal environments for me.
"I didn't make mistakes in terms of my game or my behaviour, but I did get injured and that's not something I can control."
Balotelli has scored six goals in five games for Nice this season.
