Raheem Sterling | Signs for Man City for £49,000,000

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Van Piorsing said:
Gaz hitting the nail again. Carragher can't disagree so went on a high frequency sound waves.

Who honestly got some proper advice for a kiddo there... Balo ? Skrtel ? If was I him would try to talk with Henderson but he kinda look like he has no clue while Sturridge spends more time outside the game these days.

Sterling needs motivation. If he was in United there would be already Valdes with RVP giving him speeches from real experience. The only guy who can do that in LFC is fecking off to MLS and leaving club not feeling complete at all.

Pool needs twice more quality players than United it seems. Absolutely mad transfer window ahead.
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What he'll think he "needs" is to be playing in the CL - not rousing speeches from team mates, however experienced. He's not as daft as people think. The BBC interview was smart and he seems like a kid with his head screwed on and who knows how to get what he wants.

If he goes he's looking around at the quality of players alongside him at Liverpool and comparing it to the other top clubs and seeing a side that is unlikely to be consistently top 4 any time soon - at least until they redevelop the stadium and can compete financially.
 
RedRover said:
I can't see a way for him to leave Liverpool and move to what they would consider to be a "rival" club without the press wringing it out for all its worth. It's a big story.

Likewise I can't see the fans accepting it with good grace either. I kind of see their point. Even though he wasn't a product of their youth system, they did give him a chance and they're probably expecting to see a bit of loyalty, even if that is a bit optimistic.
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True.
 
RedRover said:
I can't see a way for him to leave Liverpool and move to what they would consider to be a "rival" club without the press wringing it out for all its worth. It's a big story.

Likewise I can't see the fans accepting it with good grace either. I kind of see their point. Even though he wasn't a product of their youth system, they did give him a chance and they're probably expecting to see a bit of loyalty, even if that is a bit optimistic.
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Theres absolutely no place for loyalty in the modern game, and thats due to fans, not players.

Fans are hypocrites. As long as its going well, players are loved. As soon as they hit a bad patch, fans want players sacked, sold and dropped. This is meant to be completely fine, but the second a player wants out, their loyalty is brought into question? Bit ridiculous.
 
The mainstream media likes us to believe that every footballer is obsessed with money, fast cars and slow women. Sometimes 'ambition' is not a byword for 'greed'...

"I don't talk about how many cars I'm going to drive, how many houses I've got. I just purely want to be the best I can be," said Raheem Sterling and the nation collectively shouted 'yeah right', encouraged by a coterie of Merseyside reporters and Liverpool legends who thought that the young man from Jamaica should know his place. 'Of course it's about money,' they said. After all, why else would any player want to leave their National Trust club? To play in the Champions League and challenge for trophies? Pah.
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It's Not All About The Money, Money, Money:

http://www.football365.com/f365-says/9856504/F365-Says
 
SteveJ said:
Sterling likely isn't the only one leaking things; FSG have previous in this area, apparently.
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It certainly seems they've enlisted a few Scouse Crusaders to put pressure on Sterling. Thing is, all this talk of "Liverpool being the best club for his development" is probably having the opposite of its intended effect.
 
RedRover said:
What he'll think he "needs" is to be playing in the CL - not rousing speeches from team mates, however experienced. He's not as daft as people think. The BBC interview was smart and he seems like a kid with his head screwed on and who knows how to get what he wants.

If he goes he's looking around at the quality of players alongside him at Liverpool and comparing it to the other top clubs and seeing a side that is unlikely to be consistently top 4 any time soon - at least until they redevelop the stadium and can compete financially.
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There's a slight chance. Somebody could reassure him perhaps the owner himself that next season Liverpool spending big and Raheem is part of a bigger plan but like you said that maneuver would require bigger infrastructure... and probably better manager, too.
 
He will go to Arsenal or Chelsea IMO. He wants to be back in London and playing in the champions league. I would like him here as I do rate him and think he will be up there with some of the best and very similar to Hazards current level in the coming years. If he goes to Chelsea it will be a scary prospect. If he goes to Arsenal he will just be another good player who plays nice football but never wins anything.
 
JaffyJoe said:
His striking of the ball in general is poor. How can you be an excellent technician and be poor at striking a football.
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Because he's excellent with the ball at feet, obviously. And he's 20 years old. So he has plenty of time to improve on his shooting.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
That's suicidal.
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Would be perfectly fine most of the time. Granted, against the better sides you'd want to throw someone else in there and sacrifice one of your front four, but for the majority of the domestic games it would dominate the midfield.
 
This is all pretty funny when you think of all the shite they have been giving us over DeGea.
They never learn do they, we ALWAYS have the last laugh.:)
 
It is his career nobody else's . He has to do what ever is right for him and his family. And I say the same thing about De Gea.
 
BobbyManc said:
Would be perfectly fine most of the time. Granted, against the better sides you'd want to throw someone else in there and sacrifice one of your front four, but for the majority of the domestic games it would dominate the midfield.
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Is Yaya definitely staying now? Thought it was "90% certain" he was off to Italy?
 
STERLING SLIDES

As we all know, Liverpool Football Club is special. Different. Classy. Unique. Special. Unique. Classy. Unique. Iconic. Unique. Special. Unique. Clubby. Clubbish. Clubesque. Special. Unique. Increasingly irrelevant. Over the hill. Past-it. Yesterday’s news. Special. Unique. Iconic. Unique. Special. Special. Special. Unique. Liverpool Football Club are special. And unique. And special. And classy. They’re special and specially unique and uniquely specially and specially special and uniquely classy and they have a different way of doing things, you wouldn’t understand, you just wouldn’t, because you’re not special, or classy, or unique, you’re not Liverpool Football Club, and you wouldn’t understand, so don’t even bother, just accept it, they’re the best football team in the tra-la-la-la land.

Liverpool Football Club’s specialness and uniqueness and classiness naturally places them in a position to pat lesser clubs on the head and let them know of their place in the food chain. Clubs, say, like Southampton, who were browbeaten into selling Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren to mighty Liverpool last summer. “They have a choice as a club,” Liverpool’s head guru, Brendan Rodgers, roared last August. “They don’t have to sell. You have a choice. Maybe Southampton’s objectives have changed. They were looking to be a [Big Cup] club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change. There might be one or two others who leave. It’s just the way it works.” It’s. Just. The. Way. It. Works.

Words to live by. Poetry in motion that comes to mind now that Raheem Sterling is busy letting Liverpool know that the way it works is that he would like to leave in the summer, maybe join a bigger club, play for a team who actually have a chance of winning something in the near future, that there’s only so many times he can hear about the Miraculous Miracle of Istanbul before he’s forced to go all Van Gogh on his ears.

Treason! Naturally Sterling’s desire to play for a good team has been met with fury and The Fiver assumes he has spent the day locked in Melwood’s Re-education Chamber, a crack team of Phil Thompson, John Bishop and John Aldridge taking it in turns to hammer home the uniqueness and specialness and classiness of Liverpool Football Club, making sure Sterling knows that he will forever walk alone if he joins Manchester City, a terrifying prospect indeed. It’s just the way it works.
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/19/its-just-the-way-it-works

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Why are people calling Sterling names? I think he should leave if he wants to. Its his right to look for the most money he can get, no?
 
Orc said:
Is Yaya definitely staying now? Thought it was "90% certain" he was off to Italy?
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No idea. I imagine he will do. His agent's been spouting crap for a while now, one minute Yaya wants to leave, the next he wants a job for life at City. I reckon he'll stay. The price we'd get for him would not be reflective of his importance to the team because of his age and wages so we'll likely keep hold of him.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
Ye, it's a really good front four. That said, apart from Aguero, I'm not really sure it'd have that many goals in them.
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De Bruyne has the propensity for 15+ a season, I'd say. The creativity of Silva, KDB and even Sterling could probably boost Aguero to a crazy high tally. I mean, De Bruyne has 20+ assists playing with Bas Dost upfront. ;)
 
RetroStu said:
This is all pretty funny when you think of all the shite they have been giving us over DeGea.
They never learn do they, we ALWAYS have the last laugh.:)
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I don't really think either is a laughing matter is it, if United lose De Gea and Liverpool lose Sterling.
It just makes 2 other clubs stronger.

Wierd logic.
 
MUFCpiffgawd said:
Dont get your point. THey play different positions :lol:
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It's pretty obvious. If a club has 40m-50m to spend on one player, they'd be better off going for one of the three mentioned than Sterling. Not to mention, Sterling is an attacking midfielder (his best spells for Liverpool were in that position last year), just like KDB and Isco.

Basically, you'd be overpaying for Sterling, considering some of the other attainable talents at that price.
 
TooBias said:
It's pretty obvious. If a club has 40m-50m to spend on one player, they'd be better off going for one of the three mentioned than Sterling. Not to mention, Sterling is an attacking midfielder (his best spells for Liverpool were in that position last year), just like KDB and Isco.

Basically, you'd be overpaying for Sterling, considering some of the other attainable talents at that price.
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De Bruyne and Pogba would not be attainable for that price.
 
I'm getting a bit fed up with all these pro-scouse pundits throwing their 2 pence worth in and slating this kid for wanting to leave. They aren't one of the greatest clubs in the world as is often cited by these numpties. They're a mid-table side with an unproven manager and a declining squad. In any case, football is the guy's job. If he feels like he wants to work somewhere else then that's his call and has approximately f**k all to do with anyone else. I'm reading constant headlines on SSN saying things like, "Thommo: Sterlings being greedy." Well Thommo, its nothing to do with you and I think what you really mean is, "Thommo: I'm scared because we're a team in decline and now we're losing 2 of our better players this Summer. Where do we go from here?" The answer is simple, bottom half of the table.
 
To be fair we would be just as pissed off as fans too. We're pissed with De Gea, and we've barely had him.
 
septic said:
To be fair we would be just as pissed off as fans too. We're pissed with De Gea, and we've barely had him.
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Yea but they're really butthurt. De Gea has been tight lipped and we seem to know he's happy here but needs to make a life decision. Sterling wants the fvck out of Livershit
 
It's as if it's genuinely not occurred to any one associated with Liverpool that the club doesn't look to be going anywhere. :lol:
Why on earth, as a promising youngster in his position, would you sign for four/five years with Liverpool, if you have the opportunity to leave?

I would say the media meltdown surprises me... but then it's Liverpool (football club).
 
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Keeps It tidy said:
De Bruyne and Pogba would not be attainable for that price.
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De Bruyne's been repeatedly talked about for 40m- 50m.

As for Pogba, yeah, there are some huge figures thrown around, but I suspect it'd be very hard for Juve to turn down 40/50.

Who knows.t's all speculation anyway.
 
SalfordRed18 said:
Theres absolutely no place for loyalty in the modern game, and thats due to fans, not players.

Fans are hypocrites. As long as its going well, players are loved. As soon as they hit a bad patch, fans want players sacked, sold and dropped. This is meant to be completely fine, but the second a player wants out, their loyalty is brought into question? Bit ridiculous.
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I'm not saying its right, but a lot of fans think differently.

When Rooney supposedly wanted to leave (especially when he was liked to City) I suspect most fans were pissed off. It's just how it is.
 
Van Piorsing said:
There's a slight chance. Somebody could reassure him perhaps the owner himself that next season Liverpool spending big and Raheem is part of a bigger plan but like you said that maneuver would require bigger infrastructure... and probably better manager, too.
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They need as much money as we've needed over last summer and this - at least.

Until they have the money they need to overachieve to finish top 4 and I can't see why a player who's got the chance to move on to a top side will commit long term but I suppose stranger things have happened.
 
SalfordRed18 said:
Theres absolutely no place for loyalty in the modern game, and thats due to fans, not players.

Fans are hypocrites. As long as its going well, players are loved. As soon as they hit a bad patch, fans want players sacked, sold and dropped. This is meant to be completely fine, but the second a player wants out, their loyalty is brought into question? Bit ridiculous.
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Here here!
 
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