25m bid by City rejected. On BBC website. Apparently they value him at 50m. 
Raheem Sterling | Signs for Man City for £49,000,000
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If it hits £35m then they'll surely cut their losses.
Think of all the average players Liverpool could buy with that money..
Let's be honest, they'd buy Shane Long and have money left over to buy the whole squad a Nando's.
Shane Long is probably better than what they'll end up with really.
You can't value someone at 50 million and refuse to pay the same player very high wages. Liverpool seem to be calling their own bluff here.
Are City constrained by FFP or has that whole thing just been a waste of time?
It'll be interesting to see them splash £35m+ on Sterling if there is some FFP constraint.
It'll be interesting to see them splash £35m+ on Sterling if there is some FFP constraint.
Sterling was rated as the best youngster in europe by their manager.
The contract offered didnt match that.
They reject a 25m bid but value him at 50m.
If you value him at 50m, why arent they giving him a 150k a week contract?
The contract offered didnt match that.
They reject a 25m bid but value him at 50m.
If you value him at 50m, why arent they giving him a 150k a week contract?
I think the big man said ffp is 'relaxed' this summer ie out the window
They value him at 50 million and yet are offering him 100k per week salary.
These days that doesn't get you a supposedly 50 million valued player.
These days that doesn't get you a supposedly 50 million valued player.
Remember that £100,000 salary offer is dependent on him signing a new contract. They currently they value him at £30,000 a week. The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
I don't even want him but it'd be funny if we chucked in a bid now just to get the bidding going.
They'll waste whatever cash they get for him anyways.
They'll waste whatever cash they get for him anyways.
Would be a very good signing for them. He's streets ahead of Nasri and Navas already and will only improve.
Liverpool shouldn't have been to keen to let everyone in the press know he's never going to United, they need a bidding war to get the best possible price.
How does that work? They value him at 100k a week, that's what they offered him.
£50m is a bit extreme, but I guess they're perfectly entitled to ask for that sort of money if they think they can get it. Makes sense for them to at least try and push his value as high as possible.
Erm.....
Flawless reasoning, really...
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Well no not really! They offered him 100k , so that's what they think he's worth.
Don't they have to give QPR a chunk of any fee?
25%. We won't get £30m+ unless the bid is £40m+.
They are offering him very high wages, especially for a 20 year old kid, but he doesn't want to sign the contract.
In any case, it's bizarre to imagine that there has to be some direct link between how much wages you're willing to pay and the price you're willing to sell for.
I would like us to bid on him to feck with Liverpool. They would never sell him to us anyways, but it would be good for a laugh and drive up the price for city.
It doesn't matter if they sell him for As much as £60m...you know Liverpool would waste the money anyways.
In theory they hold a fairly strong hand. 25 million is barely anything these days and they would struggle to replace him for that money (particularly given their inept transfer record of late). They would be better off keeping Sterling for the 2 years and paying him a relative pittance rather than cashing in the 12.5 million for each season. They are already saving 7 odd million by paying him far less than the wage they value him at. It would also display strength and teach Sterling a lesson.
The wild card is obviously the unhappy player.
The wild card is obviously the unhappy player.
Not really
Yes, really. Here's one example of many: Spurs valued Bale hugely and got a world record fee for him in the end, but would not have been willing to pay world-record wages to keep him ... even if we'd been able to afford these given the knock-on wage demands across the squad that large hikes to one player tends to generate.
Another example: the wages you're paying Rooney per week are not at all his linked to actual transfer market value were he put up for sale.
Glaston is actually right. Mark the date.
I feel dirty for agreeing with something he said, but he does have a point for a change.
The whole concept of transfer fees is bullshit; it renders too much power in the hands of clubs regarding a players future. Players should be able to buy out their own contracts. What you can include is penalties for breaking contracts, which are a % of the contract, not something ridiculous like the release clauses, which sound antediluvian.
Getting rid of transfer fees would make European football even more uncompetitive. It would be a terrible idea to get rid of them.
Are Liverpool going to become the new Southampton?
If they continue where they left off last summer, they are well on their way to becoming the old Southampton.
I think there is a difference between willing and capable here. Bale's wages are astronomical, but Spurs couldnt afford them. Real can.
Likewise, when we offered Rooney that first big contract he was worth as much as anyone (and would have cost a fortune to replace).
The agent doesnt seem to be the quiet type.
Do you honestly think the fans will accept him pulling on the shirt on a regular basis & do you think he'd perform as well as should be expected?
I'd say Pool should sell him this summer & use the cash to improve the squad.
If push comes to shove, could the lad utlise article 17 & buy out his own contract? 30k a week for the last year is peanuts compared to what City/United/Arsenal would pay him. I think pool looking strong could back fire on them big time.
If City get him then we need some pretty sharp football next season; Jose with his Chelsea and I'm not even contemplating if he gets Falcao back in to form: Fabregas, Hazard, in-form Falcao, Costa, Willian, Matic, Courtois.... seriously? Then if Pellegrini does get a few signings in and can take something out of Touré and Silva + Aguero and Sterling that should be of consideration.
De Gea could do that to, legally there's nothing stopping them but there's an unwritten agreement that the clubs wouldn't exploit this.
I'd wager there would be a few takers if he could be picked up for a decent signing on fee.
De Gea, I believe he'd have to submit notice within 15 days of last game of season. Sterling is a different case, as has 2 years to go & "if" he's forced to stay next season he could well repay Liverpool with a few hundred k & walk away to join whoever he wishes.
I hope we take the same stance with De gea. Value him at 50 million or else Madrid can wait until next year.
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