How much will he earn?
I remember him saying he's not a money grabber.
I remember him saying he's not a money grabber.
Raheem Sterling | Signs for Man City for £49,000,000
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Mental. LFC have done well.
Thats like Suarez saying he doesn't bite anyone.
that will put a lot of weight on his young shoulders imo.
City's negotiating team needs sacking.
The fee City paid is beyond belief for a player wanting to leave who was hated by Scousers, criticised by ex-players and they still pay this amount. Surely Liverpool were more in need to sell than City's desperation to buy. I wonder what "sweeteners" were paid by Liverpool to City's negotiators to pull this off?
The fee City paid is beyond belief for a player wanting to leave who was hated by Scousers, criticised by ex-players and they still pay this amount. Surely Liverpool were more in need to sell than City's desperation to buy. I wonder what "sweeteners" were paid by Liverpool to City's negotiators to pull this off?
scousers were raving about their Sterling....now he is over rated? they got some good money for him...
We paid £30 million for a full back, one who has proven far less than Sterling already has. Sterling is an established international already, an attacker, surely more marketable too. Not only that, they had to buy from a direct rival, that's bound to push the fee up.
Yeah he maybe overpriced for sure, but he does give city a hell of a lot of pace. Imagine him down the right linking with zabaleta, and the amount of assists he'll provide aguero on the counter?
A good signing for city, sad to say.
A good signing for city, sad to say.
no worries...Liverpool will not rival City, Chelsea or us.
..ah forgot Arsenal.
..ah forgot Arsenal.
Doubt City fans will care. A good signing, English, in a position they need. Pace and width will make them much more threatening.
@BobbyManc any concerns about his mentality? Now mixed with more money and more fame?
Paying 49m for a player nobody else was bidding for and a player that pretty much wanted to leave is outrageous. Fair fecks to Liverpool on this even if it means losing one of their best players from the past few seasons.
50m will never be a bargain unless Sterling hits Ronaldo / Messi levels. If Sterling fulfills potential, it will be more of a hindsight 50m was a good price and worth it. Can never seen it being a bargain though.
50m will never be a bargain unless Sterling hits Ronaldo / Messi levels. If Sterling fulfills potential, it will be more of a hindsight 50m was a good price and worth it. Can never seen it being a bargain though.
Just seems bizarre. Nobody else was interested, liverpool were never going to keep him. Why didn't they play hard ball? Liverpool have never shown resolve in these situations (although arguably in the first suarez one).
They must be scared about the home grown talent thing because there's a lot better for a lot cheaper out there.
How many players home grown do they now have? Need?
They must be scared about the home grown talent thing because there's a lot better for a lot cheaper out there.
How many players home grown do they now have? Need?
I'd rather have Shaw at United than Sterling.
Only if they replace him. No CL football, gotta get that CL spot. Money isn't really an issue for PL clubs. After the next season a team that's relegated will get similar TV money as Barca and Real. City has an old squad with few home grown talent. Sterling ticks all the boxes for them. He's pretty much the ideal signing. 49m, who cares. They have so much money coming their way that it doesn't matter at all. When money is no object the only thing you're looking at are trophies and what's the best way to win them.
You also have to remember that his is a player who was bought at age 16 for about 5m. At age 20 he's got ~100 PL games and 16 caps. I don't know why Liverpool would agree to a fee any lower than what they reportedly have.
That's fine, city quite clearly prefer Sterling.
How do we know there was nobody else bidding for him?
Exactly.
49m for Raheem Sterling 
What a crazy world we live in.
What a crazy world we live in.
Fee aside he will be a top player for City, an attack including Silva, Aguero and Sterling could be deadly.
Sterling might not be a role model, but by all accounts he loves his football and works hard. He'll know he can't afford to mess about at City, he's dealing with a completely different club to Liverpool, so he'll hopefully just keep his head down for the first couple of years and just focus on the football. It would be naive to expect he'll cause no problems whatsoever in his time here should he move though, but I have no huge concerns to be honest.
Being rejected by Delph probably tipped them over the edge. It's difficult to say how he will develop at City, but it's kinda sad that if we had have offered 50 Million Liverpool would have rejected it. The price is irrelevant. It's what players do on the pitch that matters. A Players worth can vary from club to club. I'm not sure how he will develop because City don't have a history of developing a player but his job is in the final third of the pitch and so he will cause problems for a fair few teams.
Yeah. He better be on his best behavior at City now. No messing about. If he refuses to come off the bench, and then fecks off to play golf for a few months, he'll face the crushing punishment of being welcomed back into the first team and winning the league.
Belt up, Sterling.
Belt up, Sterling.
He played great in a Liverpool side that was thriving because of the sheer genius that is Suarez. I think that he'll step it up at City too, but I don't believe he has the amazing ceiling that everyone bangs on about. His finishing is bang average for one.
Liverpool come out of this looking like they played a blinder. Serendipity. Lunacy. City.
The key words in all that post though. He lost over £10m for his antics and came back only after publicly apologising and when it suited City.
If a billionaire wants to spend 50 million on a player then so what, hard to see why some many people are bothered about transfer fees these days. It's not our money or any other fans money so who cares.
Interesting move for Sterling, because i never fully understood what his problem was or what he actually wanted to move for! Moving to City will increased his chances of winning a few medals but not massively so and it's not the most stable club to go to either.
Interesting move for Sterling, because i never fully understood what his problem was or what he actually wanted to move for! Moving to City will increased his chances of winning a few medals but not massively so and it's not the most stable club to go to either.
This thread is hilarious ! Some sensible posters but......
£ can't play football but Raheem Sterling definitely can. Will he improve City ? I think so. Do City need to improve ? Absolutely yes ! Who doesn't ? For City finishing 2nd is failure.
Therefore RS is a good signing. It's signing mediocrity like Sinclair I don't understand.
BTW - all you Utd fans saying £44m + £5m add ons is too much are clearly hankering back to 'there's no value in the market'
For all the LFC supporters on here - £44m - 20% = £35.2m - which is enough to buy Benteke
The remaining £5m will no doubt be subject to City winning trophies and when that happens I'm sure MCFC will be only too pleased to pay up
£ can't play football but Raheem Sterling definitely can. Will he improve City ? I think so. Do City need to improve ? Absolutely yes ! Who doesn't ? For City finishing 2nd is failure.
Therefore RS is a good signing. It's signing mediocrity like Sinclair I don't understand.
BTW - all you Utd fans saying £44m + £5m add ons is too much are clearly hankering back to 'there's no value in the market'
For all the LFC supporters on here - £44m - 20% = £35.2m - which is enough to buy Benteke
The remaining £5m will no doubt be subject to City winning trophies and when that happens I'm sure MCFC will be only too pleased to pay up
Being English and home grown added at least 10-15m to the transfer fee. That is very important to City and they were prepared to pay for it.
Did you miss the 2 x PL titles in the past 4 years ? How many titles do you expect LFC to win ?
Stability ? I assume you're not talking about financial but football. The DoF system that City operate makes the club extremely stable - managers/coaches can come and go but the football structure remains.
£49 million is unbelievably good business for liverpool, he has a huge task proving he's worth that considering so far he's only shown glimpses of being worth about half of that. Wish we would get such windfalls for our outgoing players.
To be fair he's right, Sterling is on course to be one of the best players in his position in the world, at 20 he could play for City for the next 10 years, we were using similar arguments to justify Shaw last summer.
All true, but going to City is different from going to Bayern or going to Madrid, i was just querying what Sterling actually wants?
The instability comment was referring to the player turn over and other english talents (all be it a level below Sterling) that have gone there and vanished.
When United signed Ferdinand and Rooney the word bargain was the last word to spring to anyone's mind, yet in hindsight who could deny that they weren't? The same could apply to Sterling, provided he progresses at City, as I said.
Looks like a good deal all round. So long as they don't let Brentan anywhere near the moolah.
A myth based on the fact City seemingly just have a bad eye for English talent, rather than some innate ability that sees us kill it. Adam Johnson stole a career and flattered to deceive at City and is incredibly lucky to have a PL title and a FA Cup medal to his name, he's done exactly the same for Sunderland. Rodwell was struggling to make Everton's side before we signed him and Mancini started him whenever he was fit, keeping faith in him even after a torrid start. Now at Sunderland you ask any of their fans and they'll tell you exactly how poor he is. Sinclair went on loan to WBA and couldn't get in their team, now he's gone to Villa. On the other side Hart has become a great keeper in England, Barry and Lescott were mainstays in our title and cup winning sides while Milner progressed under us and became a fan-favourite. What separates the latter group from the former is talent and the right mentality, nothing else. If they have the talent, they can flourish at City just as well as anywhere else.
Just been sent this, for when Sterling scores against Liverpool.
I guess Sterling wants what every player wants - to play in a successful team. For players of Sterlings talent the money will always come.
Player turnover at City isn't particularly large - the core of the squad has remained largely unchanged for several seasons. As for the English player myth - Hart, Lescott, Barry, Milner and Johnson all did pretty well. Rodwell and Sinclair didn't. Rodwell was a punt on an injury prone player that didn't work out and Sinclair - I have no idea he's just not good enough. Then there is Richards who was a regular in the title winning side of 2011/12 but suffered an injury the following season and was usurped by Zabaleta. Then followed a series of injuries and attempted comebacks during which he never looked the same player - he was offered another contract but decided to move on. So as you can see English players haven't actually fared too badly.
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