I can definitely see sterling wanting the move, he’s always struck me as the type of player that’s going to look to test himself in the most intense environments and it doesn’t get much more intense than Madrid, however I imagine he’ll go when Pep goes and I imagine he’ll have to refuse to sign a contract as there’s no way Madrid can afford him and that city would let him go.
Real Madrid preparing bid for Raheem Sterling
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Why aren’t they targeting players like Mane and Salah? 
Because Madrid are a much bigger club than City and because things change very quickly in football.
If things change very quickly in football, surely City can become a bigger club than Real.
Why aren’t they targeting players like Mane and Salah?
Liverpool are very hard to negotiate with?
Didn't Sterling sing a new contract a year ago? Can't see City being tempted to sell, even for 200m, unless they can lure Mbappe.
Not really, it just means we no longer have any players that would interest them
Why aren’t they targeting players like Mane and Salah?
I guess because Sterling is younger and is yet to enter his prime. Plus Mane/Salah would be no less expensive.
What the feck does that have to do with your original post about Pogba? Did I mention anything about a striker? Did I disagree with the idea that we need a striker? Do only IDIOTS randomly use capital LETTERS?
And Bale improved a lot from a technical standpoint over the years. There is a reason why at 18 one was an attacking player with great creativity and dribbling while the other was a fullback.
Id like to think you are an IDIOT too then?
My point was why not sell him this year, clearly he doesn't want to be at United. And your point on he was too important to lose this summer, so was getting rid of every striker that has played CF for us regularly and not replacing him.
Is this "Sky Sports understands xy are preparing a bid" stuff to be taken seriously? Sounds like rubbish transfer gossip to me, tbh.
Yeah but I never disputed any of that.
You asked for a reason as to why we didn't get rid of him and I gave you one. Now bugger off.
Madrid are clowns. They tried to get Aguero and City told them to feck off. There is no way Sterling is leaving.
What's the reason with them being so out of touch? Don't have funds - don't bother, simple. Unsettling players only to table such offers that are never going to be accepted is just baffling.Seems like it doesn't it
Probably even more laughable than their evaluation of Pogba in the summer
Haha...highly doubt this is remotely true.
But then they usually pay a world record fee anyway. See Ronaldo and Kaka, way back when: their transfers had been regarded as foregone conclusions long before they went through but they still had to pay through the nose. And of course they paid well over 100m for Hazard who had a year left on his contract.
We'd demand an insane price for either one of those players. That being said, 70 million for Sterling is laughable. He's never been as good as he is right now.Why aren’t they targeting players like Mane and Salah?
150m + Bale, may be a starting price.
But no, City don't need to sell at all, so perhaps 200m + Bale could tempt City into thinking twice.
But no, City don't need to sell at all, so perhaps 200m + Bale could tempt City into thinking twice.
Harder than City? When was the last time City had sold their key player?
Get after Mane!
Bale has a great left foot. Sterling can only dream about scoring the type of goals Bale scored, and at the highest stage.
Never seen Sterling dominate teams like Barca on his own as well but no question that right now he's the better player. I remember well he was a joke here and anywhere else before Pep.
Point is, take that system away and he will still be a good player but no way he will be a star for Real when even Hazard is failing to impress.
Even worse, they set lines on SkyBet and then push these rumours. Tidy exercise in profit making.
Not saying it will be easy. Don't think I can remember City selling a player.
Coming to think of it, might be age. Sterling is 3/4 years younger than the Liverpool players.
Considering his age and form, i'd say Sterling is worth Neymar money. Let alone the fact that City absolutely cannot be bullied in the transfer market they could easily demand closer to 300m for the lols. Not that they need actual income from transfers with their shady sponsorship dealings.
Yeah Bale's a better shooter outside the box and a better header of the ball, probably a better crosser too though I barely remember the last time he actually crossed the ball. Sterling's much better positionally, a better dribbler, and a better passer. There's not much in it overall but Sterling was much better than Bale at a younger age and is as good now as Bale was at this age.
Indeed. It's relatively easy to get players out of Liverpool tbh (Sterling being a pretty good example of that). Whether things will be different if they go and win the league who knows, if they dont win the league though I'd imagine they'd be prime for the vultures but as I've said before they've assembled a squad of players who probably aren't 'sexy' enough for the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona something Liverpool should obviously be commended for
Great to see Madrid floundering like this.
No way will he tempted to leave. At City he will win trophies every year, playing under the best manager in the world, and playing for the most attractive attacking football side in the world, and one of the richest club too. At Madrid, there's no guarantee of trophies every year, its a team under rebuild, he will be wasting his prime years there and risking winning nothing.
Price aside, This would be a tempting move. Moving to Madrid and winning the La Liga would really elevate Raheem's legacy as a player.
Pep would never, ever, ever, ever, ever in a million zillion trillion years take Gareth Bale at City
Nonsense.
What would City be getting out of this? A 30-year old injury prone winger on massive wages whose best years are behind and who's got no resale value in exchange for the England's current biggest talent who's 24 and is yet to reach his peak? Not to mention that City owners have more money than Madrid and that transfer market has gone insane since Mbappe/Neymar deals and 70m doesn't get you much these days.
What would City be getting out of this? A 30-year old injury prone winger on massive wages whose best years are behind and who's got no resale value in exchange for the England's current biggest talent who's 24 and is yet to reach his peak? Not to mention that City owners have more money than Madrid and that transfer market has gone insane since Mbappe/Neymar deals and 70m doesn't get you much these days.
Sterling is great in the City setup under Pep. Will he be as good as under Real in a different system? Hazard kind of struggling there now too
Why would sterling go to that circus of a place when he has the world at his feet right where he is. It'll be a daft move, if it does go through
Well that's not happening then.
Ridiculous. I doubt he'll move whilst Pep is there. Can see him moving afterwards maybe, especially if City win the CL at some point.
Bale isn't close to worth 50M at this point
Looks like their fax machine is playing up again.
That s bad news for us....as city would re sign Sancho
Bale has literally always been a kick-and-run bandit with a powerful shot, an efficient one, but still.
Bale has never had more natural ability with the ball than Sterling