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

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TheGame said:
25m bid by City rejected. On BBC website. Apparently they value him at 50m. :lol:
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What's wrong with wanting the best price, he is under contract for 2 years!

Surely you want the same for De Gea should he be sold?

Contrast between Sterling and Ibe, we send him off to Jamaica for a holiday mid season for a break and then we end up with this situation, young Ibe has cancelled his holidays so he can work on some of the aspects of his game over the summer at the Academy.
Good for him.
 
It's just haggling isn't it, he'll be gone for somewhere in between. Then sit and rot on city's bench for two seasons before being sold to West Ham.
 
iBoss said:
How does that work? They value him at 100k a week, that's what they offered him.
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They value him at £100,000 only if he signs a new contract, thus increasing his resale value. They're perfectly able to increase his salary without requiring a new contract if they so wish.

That might seem like a pointless nuance, but I think it's quite an important difference. Sterling looks like if all else fails he'll try to forced his way out of Anfield at the end of the season using the Webster rules. Under those circumstances, the player's valuation will be estimated by a tribunal. And his demonstrable value with a huge resale and a big salary is very different, though the dippers will try to argue otherwise.
 
johnny boy said:
What's wrong with wanting the best price, he is under contract for 2 years!

Surely you want the same for De Gea should he be sold?

Contrast between Sterling and Ibe, we send him off to Jamaica for a holiday mid season for a break and then we end up with this situation, young Ibe has cancelled his holidays so he can work on some of the aspects of his game over the summer at the Academy.
Good for him.
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Nothing wrong with wanting the best price - but apparently you lot bid only 10 million for Clyne - and yet you expect 50 million for Sterling? Slightly cheeky me thinks..
 
Coxy said:
Nothing wrong with wanting the best price - but apparently you lot bid only 10 million for Clyne - and yet you expect 50 million for Sterling? Slightly cheeky me thinks..
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I am not sure what we bid for Clyne, however the cheeky aspect applies to everyone. An initial bid for most players is generally on the low side before negotiations raise the price.
If that Clyne bid is true and Southampton value him higher they have every right to laugh it off.

Sterling is under contract for 2 more years and LFC have the same rights especially when we are reluctant to sell to another English club.
 
Fair fecks to them if they can get £50M. I think he'll go for around £35-40M though.
I think Pool will be torn between keeping him as long as possible in the window to push the price up, and wanting him gone early so they can spend the money and get players ready in time for pre-season, and that will be the compromise.
 
johnny boy said:
What's wrong with wanting the best price, he is under contract for 2 years!

Surely you want the same for De Gea should he be sold?

Contrast between Sterling and Ibe, we send him off to Jamaica for a holiday mid season for a break and then we end up with this situation, young Ibe has cancelled his holidays so he can work on some of the aspects of his game over the summer at the Academy.
Good for him.
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We offered De Gea £200k a week for him to stay. Liverpool think a £50m player is worth only £100k a week!?!?

It doesn't tally up and makes Liverpool look like shysters. It basically confirms Sterling's side of the argument in that Liverpool tried to push him into signing a contract that does not reflect his worth.
 
Classical Mechanic said:
We offered De Gea £200k a week for him to stay. Liverpool think a £50m player is worth only £100k a week!?!?

It doesn't tally up and makes Liverpool look like shysters. It basically confirms Sterling's side of the argument in that Liverpool tried to push him into signing a contract that does not reflect his worth.
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I don't care what you offered De Gea.

If Liverpool are supposedly holding out for £50m it reflects the fact the club don't want to sell and are trying to get the most from possibly our most valuable asset.
 
johnny boy said:
I don't care what you offered De Gea.

If Liverpool are supposedly holding out for £50m it reflects the fact the club don't want to sell and are trying to get the most from possibly our most valuable asset.
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We want a high price for De Gea because we rate him as the best in the world, his wage offer would have made him the highest paid keeper in history.

Liverpool want a crazy price for a player that your wage offer says that you actually value him at considerably less. Poor business management.
 
Would have no problem with the money. Especially if it were United. I understand many wouldn't but I certainly wouldn't let him go to City or Chelsea or Arsenal. We've a good relationship with Liverpool. It's just the fans that are a problem, but Liverpool fans HATE the kid and I don't really blame them. It's the greatest thing when you have kids coming through and the worst when they leave but this kid has burnt so many bridges, he even got booed at Liverpools awards thing. Best for all parties to just sell to United and use the money well. Maybe there's another youngster coming through the Liverpool ranks? Who knows.

All fans want is players that always try to improve and that are loyal. This kid don't qualify. We know he's a United fan. Let's get it done. Liverpool could sell to a smaller rival, but these plastic clubs aren't going anywhere and why strengthen them even further? Liverpool with an injection of 4-5 quality players could challenge.
 
Classical Mechanic said:
We want a high price for De Gea because we rate him as the best in the world, his wage offer would have made him the highest paid keeper in history.

Liverpool want a crazy price for a player that your wage offer says that you actually value him at considerably less. Poor business management.
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Almost none of you rate De Gea as the best in the world, even on here the general consensus is that Neuer is better than him.

Why should we accept less than what we want for him? What we want and how much we're willing to pay for him are two completely different things. £50m is a bit too high imo but certainly not unattainable in today's market. Plus, you seem to forget that we don't want to sell him.
 
I think City will get him for around £38m, no chance they're getting £50m for him.
 
RobinLFC said:
Why should we accept less than what we want for him?
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Because at the end of this season he can leave anyway and then you'll get whatever a tribunal says he's worth to you. By paying him £30,000 a week you've given them reason to think the answer is not very much.
 
RobinLFC said:
Why should we accept less than what we want for him? What we want and how much we're willing to pay for him are two completely different things. £50m is a bit too high imo but certainly not unattainable in today's market. Plus, you seem to forget that we don't want to sell him.
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Exactly, and City have unlimited funds - get as much cash as we can for him. Good business management!

LFC don't want to sell, and have the right to turn down offers they deem below the price set.
Not sure how that is hard to understand.
 
glazed said:
Because at the end of this season he can leave anyway and then you'll get whatever a tribunal says he's worth to you. By paying him £30,000 a week you've given them reason to think the answer is not very much.
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He has two years on his contract.

Our contract offer represents what we think he's worth now and what he should earn at the club as a 20 year old. The £50m is how we rate the loss he'll be for our club, AND how good he could become in the future (it'd say one of the best wingers in the world). They're two completely seperate issues. And stop with the £30,000 crap because clearly that's not how we rate him.
 
They were always going to reject the first offer so it isn't surprising. Think he'll end up going for about 35, maybe with some clauses that could see it go to 40 million.
 
johnny boy said:
What's wrong with wanting the best price, he is under contract for 2 years!

Surely you want the same for De Gea should he be sold?

Contrast between Sterling and Ibe, we send him off to Jamaica for a holiday mid season for a break and then we end up with this situation, young Ibe has cancelled his holidays so he can work on some of the aspects of his game over the summer at the Academy.
Good for him.
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He is not worth that at all and if Liverpool think he is then why not pay him the wages he asked for ? I think his behaviour has been petulant and stupid. He would be better off staying where he is.
 
RedSky said:
City seem the only club remotely interested in him. If Arsenal/Chelsea were keen they'd have tried to bid by now as well.
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Don't think Arsenal are willing to spend 40-50 million. I'm sure they'd like him but they're well stocked on the wings and would be better off spending that on a striker.
 
How is sterling valued more than Hazard/Sanchez/Depay? What has he even done to prove above the other 3?
 
Hemil said:
How is sterling valued more than Hazard/Sanchez/Depay? What has he even done to prove above the other 3?
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English! Being English and half decent gets you far in today's world where there is an ever lasting lack of English quality.
 
If I was Liverpool, I'd be looking at a swap deal with Jovetic plus cash.
 
Hemil said:
How is sterling valued more than Hazard/Sanchez/Depay? What has he even done to prove above the other 3?
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He is valuable to Liverpool, probably our most prized asset in terms of transfer market value.
He has 2 years left on his contract.
Club don't want to sell

So get the best price possible when an English club with unlimited funds is not the best option?

The players you mention are irrelevant - it's how LFC value him in terms of a transfer fee.
 
Hemil said:
How is sterling valued more than Hazard/Sanchez/Depay? What has he even done to prove above the other 3?
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Hazard was at Lille, Depay was at PSV, Liverpool are both bigger and richer than these two clubs. Then Sanchez was not wanted by Barca. It still boggles the mind but it partially explains it.
 
Red_toad said:
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.
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As he is under 23 I think he could buy out the last year of his contract which effectively makes LFC's position much weaker. They effectively hold a 1 year contract on him not 2.

Either way they must sell Sterling this summer. They won't get £50m. My guess is £30-35m + £5m in add ons.

City clearly want him and I think we will get him. Ticks all the boxes as far as we are concerned and with FFP no longer an issue why not ?
 
Think both sides are in this way or other wrong,he is still on 30k and lets be honest Liverpool werent bother to extended that contract a year or 2 ago,why should they,they were getting more then decent performances from young player for 30k per week.Now when they felt incoming storm they dropped 100k on the table,by the looks of it,a bit to late.While all this mess drags on,he is still on 30k,which maybe makes him more unhappy because in his mind he is loosing money each week.

Liverpool can ask 150 mil. for him,not bothered about that but if Sterling wants to feck them over,there are ways to do that.
 
40m? Come on City one last squeeze before we 'cave in'. If you can go to 40 then you can go to 50.

Before Sterling uses one of the ways to screw us over obviously :lol:
 
Hemil said:
How is sterling valued more than Hazard/Sanchez/Depay? What has he even done to prove above the other 3?
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I would spend 40m for him without a moment of hesitation. It doesn't mean he's better than Hazard or Sanchez (although I can see him reaching similar level in a few years), but he's definitely better than Depay for me.
 
Polite Poster said:
As he is under 23 I think he could buy out the last year of his contract which effectively makes LFC's position much weaker. They effectively hold a 1 year contract on him not 2.

Either way they must sell Sterling this summer. They won't get £50m. My guess is £30-35m + £5m in add ons.

City clearly want him and I think we will get him. Ticks all the boxes as far as we are concerned and with FFP no longer an issue why not ?
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Under 28 can buy out any term of contract once they've done 3 years. That's my understanding. Had he given notice within 15 days of last game of season he could have bought out his contract for just over a mill I believe.
 
Shark said:
Swap deals never, if very rarely happen. Not sure why they are always brought up as if they do.
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Well it's the first time I've ever mentioned it. As I said, it's what I'd negotiate from a Liverpool standpoint, not what will happen.

Considering they have to give 20% of any transfer to QPR, a swap deal would be beneficial to Liverpool with two players that want out and a player who Liverpool could really do with at the moment.
 
J-Stander said:
Don't think Arsenal are willing to spend 40-50 million. I'm sure they'd like him but they're well stocked on the wings and would be better off spending that on a striker.
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Sterling is a striker, winger and a wingback though!
 
I'd be tempted to slap £50m down on the table just to see how they'd react. Would they sell to United for that? I'm pretty sure they'd rather sell him to City for 30m, or preferably abroad.
 
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