Sterling’s contract - three year extension confirmed

Tom_mcfc said:
Yes he should, if he decides to go elsewhere then it shows a lack of loyalty. Not saying he owes much loyalty but when you consider we had to endure two average seasons from him it’s a bit insulting that he has one good season and wants to piss off. The team won us the league not him, he is a great player who I think many will hope will stay. He won’t be boo’d Or get abuse like Liverpool fans did if he does decide to leave but I think many fans will have a sour taste left. We will remain classy with it all as ever. I’m really confused how people defend him if it is all about money yet wet themselves when Rooney done it to United. Sure he can negotiate but if it is all down to greed then that’s just a little sad. It’s all it can be about because otherwise it would be done and dusted like every other player who has renewed.
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When were you classy?? You always seem very negative. Just my opinion of course.
 
Tom_mcfc said:
He shouldn’t get any shit whilst the negotiations are taking place, the same way he shouldn’t be defended because both ways no one knows what the fucks going on.
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You agree he shouldn't get any shit whilst negotiations are ongoing.

That makes sense, but after saying that, why would you expect people to not defend him when he does get shit which you yourself say he doesn't deserve?
 
Press are saying Raheem has pulled out of the England squad with a back injury, if true well done lad, concentrate on City.
 
Tom_mcfc said:
Yes he should, if he decides to go elsewhere then it shows a lack of loyalty. Not saying he owes much loyalty but when you consider we had to endure two average seasons from him it’s a bit insulting that he has one good season and wants to piss off. The team won us the league not him, he is a great player who I think many will hope will stay. He won’t be boo’d Or get abuse like Liverpool fans did if he does decide to leave but I think many fans will have a sour taste left. We will remain classy with it all as ever. I’m really confused how people defend him if it is all about money yet wet themselves when Rooney done it to United. Sure he can negotiate but if it is all down to greed then that’s just a little sad. It’s all it can be about because otherwise it would be done and dusted like every other player who has renewed.
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Good points.
He said he left Liverpool not because of the money but because of the chance to win silverware.
He won silverware and we are currently favourites in all competitions including CL,, i.e in front of Barca, PSG and Real Madrid.
Why is he stalling?
Because what really motivates him IS money. To what extent his agent is muddling his thinking is not clear but we shouldn't destabilise the salary structure at the club just for his benefit.
We also have to comply with FFP rules whether we agree with them or not.
1 good season, 2 average seasons and a poor world cup.
Let's not get carried away
 
93.01 said:
City pay him the De Bruyne money or close to it or he goes on a free or at a reduced transfer fee. It's simple.

Given his age, quality, club and international experience along with commercial value, Madrid, will throw down that transfer fee/ personal terms quicker than you can say "Tattoo".

In his position taking into consideration again his age he has no peer in world football. City cant replace him, not because they haven't got the money but because as things stand that player is yet to come on the scene.

Madrid have just lost their Galactico talisman.
They are experiencing a slump in attendances and the galaticos that are left are aging.
All of those above mentioned conditions play nicely into Sterlings negotiation strategy.

If Mc Manaman, Beckham or even fuckin Thomas Gravesen, got game time back in the day at Madrid, what makes you think Sterling wont get minutes in that team.
Whether we like it or not Sterling is holding all the cards.
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I don’t have the time or inclination to discuss all the ways I think you are mistaken, but a quick synopsis might suffice.

He definitely has the option to hold out, as does every player, which begs the question why every player does not just run down their contract, take a big pay check from the next mug club to come along and mint it?

If he wants to play in England (which is the only league in the world where his lack of technical ability allows at this level), and wants to make £10M+ per year, just from playing and before endorsements, and play for a team where the manager picked him up off the floor and is helping turn him into a player, and where he will win trophies every year or so while challenging for the very best trophies in the world, then he will sign. If not, good luck to him...he will need it!

He has a very special situation at City. He should recognize it.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
I don’t have the time or inclination to discuss all the ways I think you are mistaken, but a quick synopsis might suffice.

He definitely has the option to hold out, as does every player, which begs the question why every player does not just run down their contract, take a big pay check from the next mug club to come along and mint it?

If he wants to play in England (which is the only league in the world where his lack of technical ability allows at this level), and wants to make £10M+ per year, just from playing and before endorsements, and play for a team where the manager picked him up off the floor and is helping turn him into a player, and where he will win trophies every year or so while challenging for the very best trophies in the world, then he will sign. If not, good luck to him...he will need it!

He has a very special situation at City. He should recognize it.
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How is the manager turning him into a player if he lacks technical ability?
 
Didn't that report widely believed to be from his camp say that Real were scouting him against Spain?

If he's now pulled out, I guess that could be good news.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
I don’t have the time or inclination to discuss all the ways I think you are mistaken, but a quick synopsis might suffice.

He definitely has the option to hold out, as does every player, which begs the question why every player does not just run down their contract, take a big pay check from the next mug club to come along and mint it?

If he wants to play in England (which is the only league in the world where his lack of technical ability allows at this level), and wants to make £10M+ per year, just from playing and before endorsements, and play for a team where the manager picked him up off the floor and is helping turn him into a player, and where he will win trophies every year or so while challenging for the very best trophies in the world, then he will sign. If not, good luck to him...he will need it!

He has a very special situation at City. He should recognize it.
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That is your view and your welcome to it. The inly issue I have is that it sounds eerily like the same nonsense Liverpool fans were saying about Sterling when it was clear he wanted to leave. Walker, Stones and just about every player we have managed to pluck from rival domestic teams have had to endure the same tired trope from their fans and the media, passive denigration about their ability, met with a dogmatic belief that it is only their club and their club alone who can take a sterling, stones,walker, lescott or delph up to the next level if they stay. The only suprise I have about your post is that you haven't added the much travelled cliche that" he ll only move to Madrid to sit on the bench", that's if united don't have a sniff. Im not gonna go into the detail about what youve written because I'm not convinced you even believe most of what you've written there. The only answer I will give you as that most elite players don't have to resort to running down there contract because inevitably the club always pays. Sanchez is perhaps the first in recent years where an elite player has come onto the market having deliberately running down his contract. After him you will struggle to find one because of the elite your Ronaldo, Messi etc . The club always pays or sells with the player picking up a nice juicy signing in fee to reflect the reduced transfer fee the club has signed him for. Ex Sanchez.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
If he wants to play in England (which is the only league in the world where his lack of technical ability allows at this level), and wants to make £10M+ per year, just from playing and before endorsements, and play for a team where the manager picked him up off the floor and is helping turn him into a player, and where he will win trophies every year or so while challenging for the very best trophies in the world, then he will sign. If not, good luck to him...he will need it!

He has a very special situation at City. He should recognize it.
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Good post, think if he recognises all of those factors he will sign.
 
93.01 said:
That is your view and your welcome to it. The inly issue I have is that it sounds eerily like the same nonsense Liverpool fans were saying about Sterling when it was clear he wanted to leave. Walker, Stones and just about every player we have managed to pluck from rival domestic teams have had to endure the same tired trope from their fans and the media, passive denigration about their ability, met with a dogmatic belief that it is only their club and their club alone who can take a sterling, stones,walker, lescott or delph up to the next level if they stay. The only suprise I have about your post is that you haven't added the much travelled cliche that" he ll only move to Madrid to sit on the bench", that's if united don't have a sniff. Im not gonna go into the detail about what youve written because I'm not convinced you even believe most of what you've written there. The only answer I will give you as that most elite players don't have to resort to running down there contract because inevitably the club always pays. Sanchez is perhaps the first in recent years where an elite player has come onto the market having deliberately running down his contract. After him you will struggle to find one because of the elite your Ronaldo, Messi etc . The club always pays or sells with the player picking up a nice juicy signing in fee to reflect the reduced transfer fee the club has signed him for. Ex Sanchez.
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Elite? Passive denigration?

1) I don’t think he is elite, but I do think he had a good season last season in Pep’s set up.
2) My denigration isn’t passive. I think he is technically suspect, and I think his ability in front of goal is poor for the level I am told he is at almost every day of the week.

He will do what he wants, which is as it should be. However, the CLUB comes first. Just as with Milner, I wont slag him off for running down his contract, but I will if he badmouths the club and the fans if/when he leaves.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Slowly and with much coaching. Every diamond starts as a lump of coal!
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No...

A footballer is like water and finds his level. Sterling has found his , playing as a regular in the best team ever seen in England.
At least we have a top level coach who recognizes that, even if Hoddle, the Sun and some faraway fans do not.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Elite? Passive denigration?

1) I don’t think he is elite, but I do think he had a good season last season in Pep’s set up.
2) My denigration isn’t passive. I think he is technically suspect, and I think his ability in front of goal is poor for the level I am told he is at almost every day of the week.

He will do what he wants, which is as it should be. However, the CLUB comes first. Just as with Milner, I wont slag him off for running down his contract, but I will if he badmouths the club and the fans if/when he leaves.
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Your right not quite elite but if he came on the market for even 100 mill, given today's ludicrous market most top teams would see that as cheap and would be biting City's arm off for the sale.

Passive denigration, belittle, disprage, minimize, trivialise take your pick. It amounts to the same thing which all fans do when a key player may sound like he has the option of a move. Yet despite these apparent deficiencies in the players game curiously all to a man or woman argue for why the same player should or needs to stay. Doesn't stack up. Sterling could be criticized for his finishing but his overall technical ability isn't one of his weaknesses. You simply don't get into a pep side unless your technically excellent. Pep certainly does not pick you to occupy in the same game 4 or 5 diffrent positions to destabilise the other team unless your technical excellent. So like Ive said there are possibly areas in his game which need to improve but his technique doesn't fall into that category, particularly not when confusingly your trying to justify why Sterling isn't that good but equally in previous posts advanced reasons why he needs to stay.
 
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