Oh I agree with you, see my post...
I was just asking if you were a City fan.
I'm not sure it'll be the best front 3 in the league, but it'll be very good, no doubt.
Raheem Sterling | Signs for Man City for £49,000,000
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Oh I agree with you, see my post...
I was just asking if you were a City fan.
I'm not sure it'll be the best front 3 in the league, but it'll be very good, no doubt.
Like they did with Tevez.
Like they've done with Toure, Silva, Aguero, Kompany and Zabaleta.
All foreign players who'd walk into any elite club yet they've happily stayed in Manchester and given City their best years.
40,000,001 should be the next bid.
Depends what the argument is. Better talent I'd go with Sterling, better season Coutinho.
Will be a huge loss to lose either.
Coutinho is a far better player than Sterling who I think is massively overrated, so in this case I buy it completely because its true.
How? At what?
At football.
Since when did Sterling suddenly become so good? Hes a good English player, not world class, not even top class, he has proven barely anything and shown he has poor temperament.
Coutinho has had a far better season and looks the better goal threat.
He's potentially a top player though, hence the talk of big money. His ceiling is higher than coutinho's for me.
Its a mad freaking world when someone is offering 40M for him and someone else is rejecting it.
What a nice gesture to reject 40 milion. Liverpool is such a heartwarming club looking for a deal to be included with a child support fee.
What a useless response.
City were more than willing to sell Tevez when he left for Juventus.
Well it was a funny question. Hes better at shooting and reading the play and general footballing skills, the only thing Sterling seems to excel him at is dribbling.
Especially when that player is Raheem Sterling...I don't think he will be worth anywhere near £40m again.
Seriously? Are you sure you're watching the same Coutinho and Sterling as everyone else? I'd say if there's one thing Coutinho is better than Sterling at for certain, it's his dribbling.
People seem to put Sterling's dribbling as his best asset, when it's actually not. Maybe out of desperation to label him a 'one-trick pony' or the next Wright-Phillips. Their reading of the play is equal, to be honest. When Sterling isn't tasked with doing almost all of the work, he shows his reading of the game.
Shooting? Coutinho's (long range) shooting has gone up a level this year and Sterling's shooting (in general) has gone down this season. Nothing in it. A year ago Coutinho's shooting/finishing looked poor.
I watch them play and see two players pretty much on the same level. But that's just me. Besides the long-range shooting, I don't really see Coutinho doing much that Sterling can't.
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Passing and vision is a lot better
Anyone else think this lad is a tad over rated and benefited from playing alongside Suarez in the previous season?
'Omg he is not worth 40m'
He is worth whatever Liverpool say he is, not City.
He is worth whatever Liverpool say he is, not City.
Who wouldn't benefit from playing alongside Suarez as opposed to Balotell and Lallana? At City he'd have the likes of Silva, Toure and Aguero to link with, so there's no reason he wouldn't recapture his 13/14 form.
Ok then hes better at everything then
I just can't comprehend how somehow can seemingly rate Coutinho as significantly better than Sterling yet consider probably his best asset, his dribbling, to be the one thing that Sterling is better than him at.
Something simple that people often fail to grasp.
Quality players tend to look better when they are surrounded with other quality players, If he looked good with Suarez he should also look good playing with Aguero.
Worth is a matter of opinion, not fact.
Cost is fact.
You buy a steak grill for £20. It costs £20, its not worth £20. Someone might think its worth £20. Someone might think it's not worth anything because it was poorly cooked.
Liverpool saying 'sterling is worth £100m' doesnt make him worth it. Thats just the money they decide he costs.
They took him from QPR for £600K or whatever, looks like good business for a player who clearly no longer wants to play for the club. This could play out very badly for Liverpool, if they end up with him running the contract down another season.
Coutinho is much better than Sterling.
Liverpool obviously have a figure in mind and with the sell on fee Queens Park Raisins negotiated they would have to sell him for 53 Million to get 40 if reports are accurate
Coutinho would be a pointless signing for City because he'd be second fiddle to Silva. Better overall is a subjective term given the two players are better than each other at different aspects of the game.
Don't disagree. Coutinho is a better player but Sterling a better fit.
If you didn't have Yaya then Coutinho would be a great addition.
Interesting comment. Perhaps I've not seen enough of Coutinho but I don't see him as a Yaya replacement unless City drastically change style. For me Yaya either needs to be replaced with a top class box to box midfielder, or a deeper lying midfield controller (e.g. Fabregas, Modric) - I don't see Countinho in either of those categories. I always saw him as a creative spark further up the field, a poor mans Silva in effect (which is no disrespect to Coutinho who I do rate).
Yaya plays better when you have 2 behind him, so he's allowed to drive forward. Coutinho as your advanced midfielder with Silva drifting in from the left, and Aguero up top would be majestic.
I think you'd be better suited to bringing in a technician to replace Yaya eventually rather than another box to box powerhouse.
He doesn't, his two best seasons at City (11/12 & 13/14) saw him play with just one midfield partner.
Coutinho is more similar to Iniesta than Silva imo (definitely not Toure).
Liverpool should absolutely tear off anyone arm for a bid over 40m. hes just going to leave on a free.
Exactly. Sterling is not worth £40m. Insane that Liverpool turned it down.
Don't disagree. He's older though.
Coutinho is definitely the more talented player.
So why are they 'only' offering him 100k if he's worth more than £40 million. If they're saying he's worth £50 million it should be nearing 200k a week (for a PL player anyway).
Yeah, he clearly doesn't want to stay. It's pointless trying to keep him, if that's what they're trying to do. He's only 20 so he could (and should) move wherever he likes and build a career there.
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