He's off to city. Homegrown players and all that.
They'll give liverpool Milner + a huge amount of cash
They'll give liverpool Milner + a huge amount of cash
Raheem Sterling | Signs for Man City for £49,000,000
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Milner is a free agent in July
We should definitely attempt to sign him, even If it is a long shit.
No way have we offered him £180k. Obviously a prodigious talent who could reach the highest level, but he's got some way to go yet.
I'm not massively fussed if we get rid.
I'm not massively fussed if we get rid.
Not massively fussed if your best player leaves?
I'm past the point of caring about individuals - and it's not like he's genuinely irreplaceable i.e Suarez. We have others/will sign others who will give us similar output.
Obviously it's still a blow - especially if he becomes as good as he could, but if him and the club can't come to an agreement then so be it.
As for him being our best player - I'd disagree.
to be fair he did say give
He is the best dribbler, especially close control dribbling, to have come out of England in my lifetime. Aaron Lennon and him have nothing in common apart from speed.
And even if we don't find someone with as much potential, we'd still be bagging a ludicrous pocket of change for the lil guy...
The idea of selling Sterling to help fund a few great signings would be alright, but the idea of selling him and buying another Borini/Balotelli/Aspas/Lambert
Jesus, we have more 3rd/4th choice strikers than most clubs have recognized forwards.And yeah, Coutinho is our best player, and I'm not just saying that because Sterling is doing this - I'm not a child
Coutinho links it all together. £8m for him has been one of our best transfers of the PL era - And he just signed a £60k p/w contract a few months back If I were in your position I'd be livid if he left. You know you guys can't attract top players so keeping the ones you have should be of utmost importance. How are you going to take the next step up if you're constantly selling your best players? You guys are starting to become like Arsenal were before last season. Selling your best players and stagnating.
As for whether or not Sterling is your best player, he's the only player in your squad who would get near our first XI. He's better than Coutinho in my opinion. Sterling just needs to be played in his best position.
He's not a top player though - yet anyway. We don't need to sign the Di Marias/Falcaos/Costas of the world. There are plenty of players on the market who are attainable for us and would make astute signings.
Liverpool don't have a stand out best player at the moment. Nobody like the Suarez/Sturridge of last season, or a Gerrard/Torres/Owen type player who can consistently win us games on their own. But we do have a decent amount of 'good' players. Sterling is one of them.
Anyway, I do think he'll sign a new contract eventually.
Sterling, Sturridge and Cautinho...
agree....probably why he will leave if Liverpool dont get into the CL on a regular basis.
And even if we don't find someone with as much potential, we'd still be bagging a ludicrous pocket of change for the lil guy...
The idea of selling Sterling to help fund a few great signings would be alright, but the idea of selling him and buying another Borini/Balotelli/Aspas/Lambert
And yeah, Coutinho is our best player, and I'm not just saying that because Sterling is doing this - I'm not a child
agree....probably why he will leave if Liverpool dont get into the CL on a regular basis.
Out of interest how old are you?
You're right. He's not irreplaceable but wants to be paid as if he is irreplaceable and is already at the top of his game. Sounds like a prize prick for that reason. Cut bait and bring a youngster in from the academy.
Some guy on here thinks he's the best dribbler to come "out of England in my lifetime". I don't know about that. Gascgoine was better, as was Barnes, Waddle, McManaman and Le Tissier off the top of my head. What I will say is that he's probably the best English player AROUND in terms of dribbling ability - but its a skill that's kind of gone out of the game a bit - technical ability seems to be more focused around first touch, vision and short passing (along with clever off the ball movement) because that's how Barcelona have had success over the last decade. Dribblers are incredibly valuable because they transcend tactics and are the only individual skill I can think of that can wreck defensive gameplans - they are tactic breakers in one sense of the word because they force defenders to be dragged out of position.
7 if he signed up as soon as he was born. Although he may be younger and bought his account off someone.
The only reason I ask is because personally I still have another Liverpool player, McManaman, as the best English dribbler I've seen in my life time. He was one of those that could dribble at full speed and the ball seemingly never got further away from him than under his knee.
I can't take this post seriously. Did you watch England's last game? He just won European Golden Boy award, ffs.
They won't sell him to us.
We should definitely bid for him if he doesn't sign a contract in the summer even if it's just to unsettle him and them.
I like him as a player, but I've never thought he was good enough to to start for us. Wouldn't mind Him in the squad, but probably not for what he'll cost, being British and these ridiculous 'Homegrown' rules getting stricter.
Though we will have to keep our eyes our for British players even though we have quite a few, so there's a chance I suppose that will be a bigger factor than I'm thinking.
Of course only way we could get him is if he runs down his contract. It *would* be kinda funny to see the Scouse reaction.
Though we will have to keep our eyes our for British players even though we have quite a few, so there's a chance I suppose that will be a bigger factor than I'm thinking.
Of course only way we could get him is if he runs down his contract. It *would* be kinda funny to see the Scouse reaction.
But will we? It's all good and well suggesting we'd be able to replace him, however the reality is often far more brutal. I've seen us replace Xabi Alonso with Aquilani, Javier Mascherano with Christopher Poulsen, Luis Suarez with Rickie Lambert and Mario Balotelli and that's just off the top of my head. History tells us we struggle with replacing key players (Pl era) we're no longer the pull we were heck even 7/8 years ago, we no longer have a world renowned coach who's won multiple trophies and Leagues, instead we have a highly exciting but still as yet unproven young coach. I don't want to see us pay 180k? a week to a 20yo who's still got it all to prove, that just wouldn't feel right, but to hell with my feelings I'd much rather that then see him become a world star for one of our rivals, then I'd really feel like shit.
Also disagree with him being our best player, still think that's Sturridge despite being rather underwhelming since returning from injury.
And yeah, Coutinho is our best player, and I'm not just saying that because Sterling is doing this - I'm not a child
Coutinho is the only Liverpool player that scares me.
Sterling is in the same bracket as Sturridge but with a few more years on his side.
He's actually quite small, isn't he?
Hold the phone, really?! Well that's shut me up.
Seriously though im not saying he isn't good but I just can't see how he'll be any better than Walcott et al of his playing style. Maybe if he moved to a bigger club then he can properly prove himself I.e CL football year in year out
Yeah, can't disagree with that
He won't take 180k somwhere else, it's definitely about both.
Would any of you make room for Sterling by selling Januzaj?
He's better than Januzaj in all honesty. Wouldn't sell him though.
He is though definitely a player we wouldn't want to lose, especially if he goes to City or Arsenal.
I still doubt whether these latest reports have any foundation, the club have said they will talk again in the summer.
Sadly some players, and especially agents are mercenaries now - hopefully Raheem isn't, time will tell.
Not sure who the others are that you mean here, but I'd disagree that he's no better than Walcott. He's already got far more about him on the ball than Theo, his balance is incredible and allows him to drift past players very easily, and he's much more difficult to knock off the ball. Walcott's essentially a speed merchant who has improved his finishing over the years - he's pretty good at these things but not much more than that.
I'm sure we have followed his contract situation but Liverpool would never allow him to come here. Looks like he is waiting to see if they qualify for CL before he commits.
I think his representatives have just fed this £180k a week rejection to the media to get Liverpool scared.
If they think he'd accept £120k they will probably offer him £110k and creep the offer up as part of the negotiations. If they think he is going to reject £180k then their starting gambit will be much higher.
They are just trying to get the media on his side (the story seems to be "if he'd reject £180k it obviously isn't about money"), whilst also scaring the hell out of Liverpool.
Chelsea is the best bet for him if he wants all three of money, trophies and living in London. City could offer two of those. Arsenal could offer the London life to him, but trophies are less guaranteed and the wages probably a bit lower than at the other clubs.
Personally I'm not convinced he'll leave Liverpool and think if they give him wages over £120k and assurances over the direction of the team, he'll stay on for a few more years at least. It all just seems like a bit of posturing from his management team for a few extra grand on his payslip.
Personally I'm not convinced he'll leave Liverpool and think if they give him wages over £120k and assurances over the direction of the team, he'll stay on for a few more years at least. It all just seems like a bit of posturing from his management team for a few extra grand on his payslip.
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We could probably get in Depay and Hummels for the price he'd cost which would be much better business. Although a year older I can bet any money Depay would score twice the amount of goals as him.
feck that.
Lol that hasn't gone down well
Sign da ting.
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