1) Sturridge and Gerrard. Possibly Johnson too but he'll be leaving in the summer.
2) Mixture of things but mainly him being greedy and the interview he gave to the BBC.
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1) Sturridge and Gerrard. Possibly Johnson too but he'll be leaving in the summer.
2) Mixture of things but mainly him being greedy and the interview he gave to the BBC.
1) He was offered £100-120k, which would put him behind/around Gerrard, Sturridge, and possibly Glen Johnson (yeah, don't go there
). Coutinho is on £60k, Lallana £80k, and Hendo wants £100k+ now he's pretty much nailed on to be the next Liverpool captain. Skrtel & Sakho must be on decent amounts, but I'm not sure.2) Greed, primarily. £100-120k p/w is a hell of a lot of money for an unfinished product.
If Johnson's rumoured wages are true, it's mental. Bit like Ashley Young really, though this season Young has done well for the club.
All bias aside if I was Sterling I'd be looking to move. He can earn more money at a better side with more chance of winning trophies and play in the champions league every year. He owes Liverpool nothing and should do what's best for himself.
1) He was offered £100-120k, which would put him behind/around Gerrard, Sturridge, and possibly Glen Johnson (yeah, don't go there
2) Greed, primarily. £100-120k p/w is a hell of a lot of money for an unfinished product.
Because all the Liverpool fans would stay loyal to their employers if they could earn twice as much elsewhere. He's good enough to be playing in any top 4 side and wants to be paid like it. Liverpool can match what he's been offered elsewhere or he's likely gone.
1) He was offered £100-120k, which would put him behind/around Gerrard, Sturridge, and possibly Glen Johnson (yeah, don't go there
2) Greed, primarily. £100-120k p/w is a hell of a lot of money for an unfinished product.
Seems like they offered him a fair amount then, at least relative to their other players. He's a quality player but if I was a Liverpool fan I'd be alright with him being sold for big money.
More importantly though, I'd want everyone involved in that Johnson deal fired immediately.
All things taken into account this couldn't have come at a better time for us
1 and 3 in my book - greed and overrating himself. And being stupid for those two.
Imo he's clearly a twat.
You don't do interviews without your club's permission pointing the blame at the club for not offering you a deal earlier, and hinting that your ambitions are bigger than that club. He didn't need his agent leaking stories to the media about him not accepting even 180k.
There's no shame in wanting to leave at all, all he needed to do was just to keep his head down, say nothing, make it clear that you'd love to retire there and wait for the summer, that's all he needed to do. Imagine de gea doing something similar to this? if de gea leaves in the summer without making a fuss, i'd still respect him for his attitude and professionalism during his time at the club, sterling is just a massive twat.
Lets be honest, As much as this is all fun cause is disturbing Liverpool and its fans its a bit twatish by Sterling. Maybe not just a bit too.
The premise is that FSG were confident enough to ignore it.
I would say at least what Sturridge is earning from the doctor's table. It can also be a function of the duration of the contract. I believe he was offered a 5 year contract and he feels (rightly if I say so) that he needs to wait and see where it goes before committing the best part of his career at the quoted wages. He knows he still has 2 years left on his contract and Liverpool will not sell if they don't want to and hence I strongly feel this is just an attempt to get more money.
Apparently, Young's wage is that high cuz he didn't get a lump sum signing on bonus (or some other bonus, can't remember) and instead gets it weekly over the length of his contract.
Sign him
I get why people are slating Sterling to an extent but he is by far Liverpools best player these days. If I was him if want to be on the same wages as Sturridge. I don't see a problem in that.
As for Liverpools wage structure, it seems a bit flawed if Sturridge is on 150k a week, yet Coutinho who has been by far one of your better players only just signing a contract worth 60k a week while Lallana is on 80k.
As for Sterling giving loyalty to the club. Why should he. He isn't a Liverpool fan, he didn't start his career there and if he never had this impact, Liverpool would have more than happily sold him
As for Liverpools wage structure, it seems a bit flawed if Sturridge is on 150k a week, yet Coutinho who has been by far one of your better players only just signing a contract worth 60k a week while Lallana is on 80k.
As for Sterling giving loyalty to the club. Why should he. He isn't a Liverpool fan, he didn't start his career there and if he never had this impact, Liverpool would have more than happily sold him
I believe him when he says he wants to be at a club that will be fighting for trophies each and every year.
That is the ambition of 99% of footballers and in doing so he will get paid what he righty deserves.
Liverpool may be in and around some trophies, but I can't imagine they'll be fighting to the last day of the season anytime soon after losing Suarez and the replacements bought in.
They've had a good run in the FA Cup this year, but look at some of the previous finalists recently; it's hardly the best teams fighting it out. Plus I think the FA Cup is no way near the draw it used to be, no matter how much the BBC tell us about the 'magic of the cup'.
It's all about the league and CL for young players these days, trophies which I think Liverpool are currently a few world class players short.
That is the ambition of 99% of footballers and in doing so he will get paid what he righty deserves.
Liverpool may be in and around some trophies, but I can't imagine they'll be fighting to the last day of the season anytime soon after losing Suarez and the replacements bought in.
They've had a good run in the FA Cup this year, but look at some of the previous finalists recently; it's hardly the best teams fighting it out. Plus I think the FA Cup is no way near the draw it used to be, no matter how much the BBC tell us about the 'magic of the cup'.
It's all about the league and CL for young players these days, trophies which I think Liverpool are currently a few world class players short.
The quotes at the time do not suggest confidence, they suggest anger, frustration and desperation. Sorry to burst your bubble but this was not an example of a genius play by your club. I didn't realize you would be so touchy about it.
I'm not touchy, I'm debating.
As for the 'play' I think Suarez thought he was in a stronger position than he thought when he went to the press. FSG were pretty hard nosed and prevented the sale. I'd suggest that was good ownership.
That's debatable.
Bollocks. If Barca had bid 40m+£1 that summer and pursued it legally Suarez would have gone. If Sterling has a release clause and a club he wants to move to match the set price then he will leave. No amount of backslipping Scouse bravado will change that.
He won't get more money now. I doubt that any club would pay him 150k per week. He isn't nowhere worth that amount currently.
More importantly, he wouldn't get as much playtime as he get in Liverpool. Lets say that Liverpool refuse to sell him on England. Then the only clubs which could offer more than Liverpool are Bayern, Real, Barca and Paris. The first three have significantly better players on his position and wouldn't spend a large fee and those big wages on him. Even if they do, he wouldn't be a starter there and so won't develop as well as in Liverpool.
If I was him, I would have stayed at Liverpool for another three years or so and then leave as a finished product.
Ok, and I'm being touchy.
Shame Barney's not around anymore.
It obviously has a bit of humour involved for most of us because its happening to liverpool, but it really is pretty sad.
I said earlier he would probably be going to city, and he has probably already had the offer which is why he gave the interview. The thing is, Liverpool have allowed him to get this far, by playing him. There is no chance whatsoever that had he gone from qpr to city, he would have got more than a handful of games in the league cup by now.
No england
No world cup
No major endorsements that he must be getting from at least a boot company.
None of that would have happened for him without the exposure he got at liverpool.
Even with us I doubt he would have got the game time to be honest. That doesnt mean he has to stay forever, but it does mean he should show a bit of respect for them, not be a complete twat about it in public.
That players even at 20 are like this is not good for football in general.
I said earlier he would probably be going to city, and he has probably already had the offer which is why he gave the interview. The thing is, Liverpool have allowed him to get this far, by playing him. There is no chance whatsoever that had he gone from qpr to city, he would have got more than a handful of games in the league cup by now.
No england
No world cup
No major endorsements that he must be getting from at least a boot company.
None of that would have happened for him without the exposure he got at liverpool.
Even with us I doubt he would have got the game time to be honest. That doesnt mean he has to stay forever, but it does mean he should show a bit of respect for them, not be a complete twat about it in public.
That players even at 20 are like this is not good for football in general.
I'll give you another chance to reply to my previous post. Point scoring jibes are easy and I deserved that one (you have indeed wound me up with your blinkered stubborness, I'm content enough with myself and the validity of my viewpoint to admit that) however it takes more effort to address the points of the post. I suspect you can't, at least not with anything coherent and logical.
Ok, fair enough re jibes.
As for the issue - I can't see how you can argue that FSG didn't play a blinder back in the summer of 2013. They had a player who spoke to the national press about how hard done by he was, he applied huge pressure to be sold for his clause fee.
FSG didn't budge they called his bluff, they will have consulted their attorneys and obviously came to the conclusion that their position was strong - given the clause was verbal rather than written (IIRC). Suarez ran out of options.
A year went by and that £40m valuation inflated to almost double - FSG won.
As for Barca coming in with £40m in 2013 - that's too conjecture-riden to be able to debate properly.
Yep.. I can see him making the same stupid decision Pogba did....
He's not overrating himself, just having confidence in his ability. Would you disagree with him? Is he not worth the wages? Is he not top 5 u21's player in the world?
Yeah liverpool just gave him this opportunity... It's not like they won a financial bidding war for the kid at 15... Lucky kid. He's playing because he's good enough he doesn't own liverpool nothing. They played him because he had talent. It's like saying Bale owes Spurs. They'd be well in the profit if they sold him.
Thats fair enough although he most likely wants both.
Agreed. It's funny because it's Liverpool and we don't like them much, but I like players to shut it and not run around like brats half the time.
He's worth that amount if it's what Chelsea/City are offering. He's worth more to clubs in England with the homegrown quotas. If Liverpool refuse to sell him he has every right to just see out his deal and move on a free, the reality is the Liverpool owners wouldn't turn down a 40m offer if he has 18 months or less on his deal despite all the posturing.
He could take a lower wage at Arsenal, United, Chelsea and the foreign top clubs and still earn more money from endorsements from just being at a big club.
Ooh...that stings.
I'm serious. I bet Liverpool players make a fraction of what the top club players make.
Is this actually based on anything?
Image rights are based on personal brand exposure. Are Liverpool any less exposed than the English clubs you mentioned?
If true, it's odd that Sky show more Liverpool games than virtually any other team regardless how well they're doing.
Pretty sure Liverpool's global reach is bigger than any other English club bar United. That's pretty common knowledge. It's also whyLiverpool remain relevant regardless of on-field performance and why last season saw a total media explosion around the club - the club is very big news.
Na Liverpool's marketing brand is pretty poor in comparison to us Chelsea and somewhat Arsenal.. But their fanbase is unquestionable.
All i'm saying is.. Don't see Liverpool players in Dre Beats adverts..
I think he shouldn't wait too long making up his mind.
Personally I think he's more of a one trick pony. His speed and agility are the key elements of his game and he's top class at both, but I don't know if that will be enough long term.
I've read a couple of you think time is on his side. I disagree. At some point that won't be enough, defenders will know how to take him and if he waits too long, other clubs could notice too. And if he hasn't agreed on a new deal by the time the new flavour of the month shines, he might miss out on a good opportunity.
If he just looks at his personal future, he has no other choice than to move to a club that has a record of winning trophies (and I'm talking about this century...). Liverpool might have one last chance, to put their money where their mouth is and grab a title or two. Otherwise, for his own careers sake, he needs to find a better club.
Personally I think he's more of a one trick pony. His speed and agility are the key elements of his game and he's top class at both, but I don't know if that will be enough long term.
I've read a couple of you think time is on his side. I disagree. At some point that won't be enough, defenders will know how to take him and if he waits too long, other clubs could notice too. And if he hasn't agreed on a new deal by the time the new flavour of the month shines, he might miss out on a good opportunity.
If he just looks at his personal future, he has no other choice than to move to a club that has a record of winning trophies (and I'm talking about this century...). Liverpool might have one last chance, to put their money where their mouth is and grab a title or two. Otherwise, for his own careers sake, he needs to find a better club.
I think that was true > 5 years ago, but I highly doubt that's true anymore. Chelsea's brand has grown massively since the takeover, and Arsenal have always been pretty big. Your CL absence will have hurt you massively, as will the lack of any stars staying in the team aside from Gerrard.
United clearly have the biggest reach, then I'd say it's Chelsea in second now, with Liverpool possibly battling with Arsenal in third.
That's the case in Japan. Arsenal thitd, I reckon because of the Japanese players they've had. I have yet to see a Liverpool shirt over here.
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