gordondaviesmoustache
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In front of their own fans too.
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Sterling’s contract - three year extension confirmed
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Sir Joe Aguero
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Even if we give him an extra £50,000 a week, that’s only £2.6mil a year. I hate to sound arrogant, but that’s pocket change to us.
I understand we don’t want to create a precedent where players are demanding ridiculous wages, but I don’t think this is unreasonable in this case.
We’ve got Fernandinho, Kompany, Aguero and Merlin all 30+ and need to think about the future. Even if we end up selling him a year after he signs, we can recoup a fair whack to go towards the squad, although I’d much rather keep such a good, young, prolific, homegrown player.
I understand we don’t want to create a precedent where players are demanding ridiculous wages, but I don’t think this is unreasonable in this case.
We’ve got Fernandinho, Kompany, Aguero and Merlin all 30+ and need to think about the future. Even if we end up selling him a year after he signs, we can recoup a fair whack to go towards the squad, although I’d much rather keep such a good, young, prolific, homegrown player.
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gordondaviesmoustache
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If he digs his heels in excessively, I can see the possibility of the club acceding to his demands and fairly promptly selling him.
west didsblue
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I would put Sterling near the top of the pecking order at City and if he's asking for less than KDB and Aguero and parity with the next highest paid, it is justified.
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Id love him to stay but if he continues to run down his contract then,coupled with arrival and form of Mahrez,the club may rethink their approach to his situation.We also have kids in the academy who will soon be banging on the first team door.
However this ends up,we'll not end up the loser.
However this ends up,we'll not end up the loser.
west didsblue
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Disagree. It's win-win if he stays and lose-lose if he goes. He'll not do better anywhere else and we won't be better without him. I'm reasonably confident a deal will be done.Id love him to stay but if he continues to run down his contract then,coupled with arrival and form of Mahrez,the club may rethink their approach to his situation.We also have kids in the academy who will soon be banging on the first team door.
However this ends up,we'll not end up the loser.
simon23
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dont want him to leave as he is a fantsstic player for us and getting better but i wouldnt blame him if he went simewhere like madrid ( tho at present they are in free fall) .....the way he is treated in this country by the media and fans is disgusting alll started by LFC
Centurions
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FI said we wouldn't be the loser, not that we would be better off. There's a big difference and he's correct, we won't implode without him.Disagree. It's win-win if he stays and lose-lose if he goes. He'll not do better anywhere else and we won't be better without him. I'm reasonably confident a deal will be done.
tolmie's hairdoo
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We dont know what he is asking for, that is the bottom line. The debate and sometimes angst amongst posters is purely predicated on what is reported / speculated by journalists
Not entirely true mate. Aidy Ward briefed off-record the parity line, regardless of whether that was simply a negotiating tactic at the time or that is a stance which is still set in stone.
However, the longer his camp leave it, the more it disrespects Club/Pep/Team, as it simply becomes a game of financial Russian Roulette they are willingly prepared to play.
Still hopeful common sense will prevail. Raheem also has to compromise.
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If Txiki blinks then that creates precedent. I've always been confident he will sign but I can't help but think that Aidy Ward might be burning the bridge slowly but surely....
TheThirdDeano
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Like I say, I found it infinitely funnier, sure I’d have liked to win it at home and was pissed at sterling at the time but with the benefit of hindsight I really enjoyed that ending.In front of their own fans too.
Like you say Gordy, they lost at home to relegation fodder and it lost them the league.
No cheating, no ‘it wasn’t in our hands anyway’, no way to get out of it. They utterly fucked it.
I’m aware it wasn’t even close but I like to think about the optimists amongst them that probably had a tiny bit of themselves thinking maybe, just maybe, they might pull it off. And then that happened.
Fucking glorious.
The blue phantom
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How does your last sentence work if he signs nothing in the next 18 months?Id love him to stay but if he continues to run down his contract then,coupled with arrival and form of Mahrez,the club may rethink their approach to his situation.We also have kids in the academy who will soon be banging on the first team door.
However this ends up,we'll not end up the loser.
How does your last sentence work if he signs nothing in the next 18 months?
I think meaning he is replaceable whilst wherever he ends up wont be as well set up for him as City is and has been for him. Financially we may lose, on the pitch we will continue whereas his career may stutter.
The blue phantom
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I'm talking financially, He doesn't sign anything and we lose an £100 million asset for fuckall. I was only pointing this out, personally I think some deal will be reached between him and the club.I think meaning he is replaceable whilst wherever he ends up wont be as well set up for him as City is and has been for him. Financially we may lose, on the pitch we will continue whereas his career may stutter.
I'm talking financially, He doesn't sign anything and we lose an £100 million asset for fuckall. I was only pointing this out, personally I think some deal will be reached between him and the club.
Financially we will lose out of course, bigger picture and money aside we will not.
whp.blue
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He is only a £100m asset if he allows himself to be sold.I'm talking financially, He doesn't sign anything and we lose an £100 million asset for fuckall. I was only pointing this out, personally I think some deal will be reached between him and the club.
If he decides to see out his current contract he is worth nothing to City.
I'm talking financially, He doesn't sign anything and we lose an £100 million asset for fuckall. I was only pointing this out, personally I think some deal will be reached between him and the club.
Fortunately fans don't run the club. Do you really believe the club would let an asset walk away for nothing?
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How can we prevent it, if it's what he wants to do?Fortunately fans don't run the club. Do you really believe the club would let an asset walk away for nothing?
How can we prevent it, if it's what he wants to do?
He will be sold or used as a part ex deal, we have football people running our club.
Possibly as early as January but hopefully he will sign a new contract.
I'm not too worried about him running his contract down. He is a different caliber player and I think teams will pay even if he's only got six months left. There's always teams (cough*united*) who are willing to do such a stupid thing. I think we're all wasting our breath anyway because he is going to sign with us.