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

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There'll be an article from Gary Neville in Saturday's Telegraph. Should make for fascinating reading.
 
That may be true but you can't argue with what he says. dippers this season should have been challenginfg for the title .Instead they are hoping to secure fifth place.
 
Drifter said:
That may be true but you can't argue with what he says. dippers this season should have been challenginfg for the title .Instead they are hoping to secure fifth place.
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I had us challenging for top four at the beginning of the season, and that didn't seem too outrageous at the beginning... Then Sturridge reverted back into glass, and we never had a chance after that :wenger: We really paid the price for not buying a striker, it seems.

If we get £40m for Sterling and bring in someone like Konoplyanka (who we've chased for a while) on a free, I'd be pretty happy with that. Yeah, he's a cut below Sterling, but would still be a good addition, and give us options to improve our squad elsewhere.
 
Tommy said:
I had us challenging for top four at the beginning of the season, and that didn't seem too outrageous at the beginning... Then Sturridge reverted back into glass, and we never had a chance after that :wenger: We really paid the price for not buying a striker, it seems.

If we get £40m for Sterling and bring in someone like Konoplyanka (who we've chased for a while) on a free, I'd be pretty happy with that. Yeah, he's a cut below Sterling, but would still be a good addition, and give us options to improve our squad elsewhere.
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I don't think he would be any better in the PL than Markovic.
 
Truedevil said:
I don't think he would be any better in the PL than Markovic.
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Worth a shot, in my opinion. Notch below Sterling, sure, but lower wages, no cost up front, and able to sell on if it doesn't work out.
 
He is a very very good player, he has improved every single season at Liverpool and is only 20 years of age. Hope he ends up at Arsenal instead of City.
 
Arsenal makes the most sense, but even there he isn't guaranteed game time.
 
Tommy said:
Worth a shot, in my opinion. Notch below Sterling, sure, but lower wages, no cost up front, and able to sell on if it doesn't work out.
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I think Konoplayanka would be an excellent signing for you guys to be fair. Now I don't follow Dnjepr Dnjepropretrovsk(?) at all but every time I've seen them play in the EL he's been brilliant. Like you said it's not much of a risk either.
 
NL Max said:
I think Konoplayanka would be an excellent signing for you guys to be fair. Now I don't follow Dnjepr Dnjepropretrovsk(?) at all but every time I've seen them play in the EL he's been brilliant. Like you said it's not much of a risk either.
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Your time watching him is the same as mine, then :) It makes sense. £40m banked, wages saved (on the £120k or whatever Raheem wanted), and can sell on if needed.

If not us, I can see Spurs going for him.
 
I thought Konoplayanka signed a new contract with his club after Liverpool chased him last time? Also, wouldn't this be a similar situation to losing Suarez? Where you replace quality with quantity (or replacements that aren't of the same quality). Really you would need to sign someone close to Sterling's level.
 
Tommy said:
I had us challenging for top four at the beginning of the season, and that didn't seem too outrageous at the beginning... Then Sturridge reverted back into glass, and we never had a chance after that :wenger: We really paid the price for not buying a striker, it seems.
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Your manager signed two new strikers last summer, they managed 3 goals in 39 premier league matches between them.

Chris Smalling managed to score more premier league goals than both of your new strikers combined.
 
Empire said:
Your manager signed two new strikers last summer, they managed 3 goals in 39 premier league matches between them.

Chris Smalling managed to score more premier league goals than both of your new strikers combined.
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Oh right, those guys :lol: I genuinely think Lambert would've done better with more game time, but he never really suited our style of play & dealt with the fact he was playing for us. Still, can't moan at the price... I don't think anyone thought it was a bad transfer at the start of the season.

Balotelli - Less said the better :lol:

We have so many third/fourth choice strikers it's untrue - And this is without mentioning youth squad players. Aspas, Lambert, Origi, and Balotelli... Ridiculous. Origi is the only one I want here next season.
 
Tommy said:
Oh right, those guys :lol: I genuinely think Lambert would've done better with more game time, but he never really suited our style of play & dealt with the fact he was playing for us. Still, can't moan at the price... I don't think anyone thought it was a bad transfer at the start of the season.

Balotelli - Less said the better :lol:

We have so many third/fourth choice strikers it's untrue - And this is without mentioning youth squad players. Aspas, Lambert, Origi, and Balotelli... Ridiculous. Origi is the only one I want here next season.
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Is Borini on loan at Sunderland or did he leave permanently.
 
Borini has been playing for Liverpool this season, although you'd be forgiven for not noticing
 
Tommy said:
Oh right, those guys :lol: I genuinely think Lambert would've done better with more game time, but he never really suited our style of play
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I think Rodgers should have done more to adapt his style of play and in the case of Balotelli his man management methods, I think it would have been enough for fourth, Lambert scored 15 goals and then 14 goals in his two seasons at Southampton, Balotelli scored 30 in 54 before moving to Liverpool from AC Milan.

I like how Louis van Gaal was willing to play more direct football with Young and Fellaini, his way of doing things this season is quite different from what I expected and that's because he adapted to his selection, as he did for the netherlands last summer. In this coming summer if he can bring in his targets then he can do things how he likes.

In my opinion had Rodgers adapted more to his selection Liverpool wouldn't have lacked goals, either Balotelli or Lambert could have played as the lone striker and if one was injured the other would have been a fine replacement, either one of those could have scored goals had the system been changed until Sturridge was fit and firing again.
 
Tommy said:
Your time watching him is the same as mine, then :) It makes sense. £40m banked, wages saved (on the £120k or whatever Raheem wanted), and can sell on if needed.

If not us, I can see Spurs going for him.
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I don't think Spurs are interested in Konoplayanka, so Liverpool have a free run if you want him.
 
Tommy said:
Balotelli - Less said the better :lol:
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I'm probably* going to be completely alone with this viewpoint bit i really think Liverpool and Rodgers missed a trick with Balotelli.

when he wants, he can be a brilliant player. I was genuinely scared he could have ended up being your Cantona this season.

There's only one way to do that though and that's too make him the number 1 player in your team. Build everything around him and make him feel he's the most important person ever.

The problem was there was to much of a feeling that sturridge was the man to fill the hole suarez left and it became all about him.

*certainly
 
Red Dreams said:
of course there is no evidence...and Liverpool would not say anything...too embarresing if their rising star ended up at United.

still think he will end up at City though...
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You can't see how Liverpool briefing that United desperately want Sterling (when there is zero chance of that happening) would be good for Liverpool when they sell him to Arsenal or City?
 
Dracula said:
I'm probably* going to be completely alone with this viewpoint bit i really think Liverpool and Rodgers missed a trick with Balotelli.

when he wants, he can be a brilliant player. I was genuinely scared he could have ended up being your Cantona this season.

There's only one way to do that though and that's too make him the number 1 player in your team. Build everything around him and make him feel he's the most important person ever.

The problem was there was to much of a feeling that sturridge was the man to fill the hole suarez left and it became all about him.

*certainly
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He's not even close to being good enough to have a team built around him. His off field antics keep him in the news and big up his "huge talent but off in the head" image up
 
Tommy said:
Your time watching him is the same as mine, then :) It makes sense. £40m banked, wages saved (on the £120k or whatever Raheem wanted), and can sell on if needed.

If not us, I can see Spurs going for him.
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You and Spurs are pretty much similar options these days, with the advantage of location for Tottenham.
 
Sky sources understand Manchester City would be interested in signing Liverpool's Raheem Sterling if he became available.

It is understood that no bid has been made and Liverpool would prefer Sterling to go abroad if he does leave.

Any City offer could also depend on what happens with James Milner and Samir Nasri, but there is interest.
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Bayern should really step in and sign him. The interest is there.
 
Dracula said:
I'm probably* going to be completely alone with this viewpoint bit i really think Liverpool and Rodgers missed a trick with Balotelli.

when he wants, he can be a brilliant player. I was genuinely scared he could have ended up being your Cantona this season.

There's only one way to do that though and that's too make him the number 1 player in your team. Build everything around him and make him feel he's the most important person ever.

The problem was there was to much of a feeling that sturridge was the man to fill the hole suarez left and it became all about him.

*certainly
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He could easily have been very good if the team was built around him, but no way would Liverpool be better of playing the style that suits him. Sterling, Sturridge and Coutinho all look great in this super direct style they got going and it just doesn't suit Balotelli at all.

His movement is poor, his work rate defensively isn't world class and he doesn't have the acceleration, pace and dribbling to work in that style.

I am doubtful about Sterling still because of that. He's a wonderful player but Liverpool play perfect football for him and he's a big enough star to have that luxury. In almost every other side he will be a pure winger and in some sides he'd also have to face the challenge of constantly attacking against an organized defense.

He's so talented that if he's leaving I believe we should do anything to get him, but still some big worries for me.
 
If he is desperate to leave it makes complete sense for his agent to leak something about us being interested.

Liverpool fans and club will then see any other transfer at all as "at least it wasn't united".
 
Not quite sure why people think Sterling would play more at Arsenal than City. Arsenal are chock full of wide players, or at least people who can play wide, whereas at City he'd be competing with Navas who is fast but rubbish. Either of City or Chelsea would make a lot of sense to me, although I'd prefer him to come here, if only to watch Carragher's head melt.
 
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