You can only sell a player who is under contract?I mean, if you had to guess, what would you think is the club's reasoning behind why they are apparently set to offer Sterling an improved deal?
From your lips….Its disappointing Raheem isnt in his best form because on his day he would prove to be a potential match winner , just our luck probably our most consistent goal scorer over the last few seasons cannot hit a barn door at the moment and just before one of our biggest games in our history
Hope he scores a hat trick against Everton plays a blinder and gives Pep something to think about.
Not sure about his mentality he appears a determined little so and so but he is bereft of confidence at the moment , its weird that brilliant players like Sterling can fall off a cliff form wise and not just for a few games , its been all season.From your lips….
I’d love nothing more, because he seems to have the physical attributes, but his mental game is Sunday League at times!
Yeah but why improved terms? Why parity with our highest earners? There's got to be a better reason than because they can sell him? In fact, offering such huge wages makes it more difficult to sell him as it prices everyone out. Besides, he has two years left on his deal, so if the club wanted to sell him they'd have plenty of time to do and even get a decent fee in the process.You can only sell a player who is under contract?
For the life of me, I can’t believe he is considered in the same breath, let alone wage range, as our top players.
HE CAN’T GET A GAME!!!
Are the new terms in the public domain or is it an assumption he is getting a hefty pay rise?Yeah but why improved terms? Why parity with our highest earners? There's got to be a better reason than because they can sell him? In fact, offering such huge wages makes it more difficult to sell him as it prices everyone out. Besides, he has two years left on his deal, so if the club wanted to sell him they'd have plenty of time to do and even get a decent fee in the process.
Surely you'd assume the club's got a more legitimate reason behind offering him improved terms? What do you sincerely think the club's reasoning is?
I mean, if you had to guess, what would you think is the club's reasoning behind why they are apparently set to offer Sterling an improved deal?
Just take out the hook & bait and show us the fish!Yeah but why improved terms? Why parity with our highest earners? There's got to be a better reason than because they can sell him? In fact, offering such huge wages makes it more difficult to sell him as it prices everyone out. Besides, he has two years left on his deal, so if the club wanted to sell him they'd have plenty of time to do and even get a decent fee in the process.
Surely you'd assume the club's got a more legitimate reason behind offering him improved terms? What do you sincerely think the club's reasoning is?
I mean, help me out here. You've posted some very reasonable arguments as to why Sterling doesn't merit an improved deal, and here he is set to get one.Just take out the hook & bait and show us the fish!
You seem like a smart man, so help me out….what is it?!I mean, help me out here. You've posted some very reasonable arguments as to why Sterling doesn't merit an improved deal, and here he is set to get one.
So either the club's management have suddenly gone bonkers, or there is some method to the madness that's being ignored on these forums.
Because he's very good at football, the club believe in his talent, they recognize his 79 goals from 2017-2020 as being more indicative of his quality than this season's turn of form, and he's extremely marketable.You seem like a smart man, so help me out….what is it?!
You keep fishing for my answer. What’s yours?
Maybe the answer is a new contract is cheaper than the transfer fee to replace him, especially considering his transfer value this season must be at an all time low since we plucked him out of the Bin!
Again, what’s your analysis?
Sterling can still can come good for us, but I think a lot depends on the set up. Right now Mahrez is better on the right with the combination of Walker behind him is what's working for us. Mahrez is better at creating for himself that Walker doesn't need to help out as much attacking wise except for an occasional overlap. We can use Walker's pace to break up counters.Sterling has been having a tough time ever since we sold Sané and, more recently, when we started playing with a false 9 this season. I think his best stretch of form for us was when he was a proper "out and out" winger on the right hand side. He's just not effective on the left. The problem is that Mahrez is essentially the established first choice winger on the right these days, and Foden is much more effective on the left, so where does that leave Sterling? Having said all of that, I still rate him massively, and it'd be a shame if we let him go. If nothing else, he's a quality option to have in the squad and, as long as his new wage is reasonable, it doesn't make sense to not extend his contract.
I will try and give this a go.Yeah but why improved terms? Why parity with our highest earners? There's got to be a better reason than because they can sell him? In fact, offering such huge wages makes it more difficult to sell him as it prices everyone out. Besides, he has two years left on his deal, so if the club wanted to sell him they'd have plenty of time to do and even get a decent fee in the process.
Surely you'd assume the club's got a more legitimate reason behind offering him improved terms? What do you sincerely think the club's reasoning is?
It’s still early in his current contract, he’s looking for his big “pay day” contract, while coming off a poor season where he’s not even in the First XI!
Great postI will try and give this a go.
Despite his form totally falling off a cliff the past few months(since the beginning of march) and him in effect losing his starting spot. Prior to that he was pretty much a mainstay in the team, was a consistent feature of the 21 game-winning run the team went on, scored some important goals in the earlier part of the season 3 of which being match-winners in 1-0 wins and was a factor of why the league was pretty much won by the beginning of march before his form dropped. No amount of revisionist history will remove the fact that he started and played a part in wins against liverpool, spurs, everton and arsenal in a row which effectively sealed the title.
So here you have a player whom despite being in his worst form the past few months, will still end the season having the 3rd most minutes of all outfield players(excluding ederson), currently joint 3rd for goals with 14 and 2nd in assists with 11. Clearly this is a player who has been of some value to the team this season despite his loss off form towards the end of it.
Maybe pep has lost trust in starting him in the most important games currently but certainly hasn't lost complete faith in him as a player seeing he started him in the league cup final. If I was to guess, Pep and the management view this season and the false 9 as an anomaly and something that can't be sustained long-term going forward especially with the highest goal-scorer being a central midfielder with 17. Hence the seemingly huge priority of the signing of a top class striker in the summer. If that is to be the case he would probably feel having a focal point to lead the line would be what will help get sterling back into form and performing to the standards he has the past few seasons.
Thankfully this is a manager who doesn't base a player's overall quality or potential contribution on a few months of poor form because if he were to listen to many here, the likes of gundogan, stones, mahrez and even bernardo would all be sold by now.
I’ll make it easy:Because he's very good at football, the club believe in his talent, they recognize his 79 goals from 2017-2020 as being more indicative of his quality than this season's turn of form, and he's extremely marketable.
I'm fishing for an answer because I believe that the people who don't believe Sterling merits an improved deal (which is a more than reasonable opinion) seem to either be completely unaware of why the club is apparently offering him better terms or they're ignoring it (for the most part). It helps me understand your position and line of reasoning when I know whether you understand the club's reasoning and are arguing against it, ignoring it, or whether you don't know and are simply arguing against Sterling getting an improved deal in general.
We have changed the way we play and it is not the best for himI’ll make it easy:
Currently, he is not hood enough to start in the team, and hasn’t been for most of the season.
On current performances, he has no chance of EVER being good enough to start with the players we have and the players coming through.
In short, he’s been relegated to the “impact sub” role, with no impact!
If he was a “footballer” he could.We have changed the way we play and it is not the best for him
Just saying
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They all have to adapt at times , he will as wellIf he was a “footballer” he could.
Just saying.
Nice post, with one significant caveat…I will try and give this a go.
Despite his form totally falling off a cliff the past few months(since the beginning of march) and him in effect losing his starting spot. Prior to that he was pretty much a mainstay in the team, was a consistent feature of the 21 game-winning run the team went on, scored some important goals in the earlier part of the season 3 of which being match-winners in 1-0 wins and was a factor of why the league was pretty much won by the beginning of march before his form dropped. No amount of revisionist history will remove the fact that he started and played a part in wins against liverpool, spurs, everton and arsenal in a row which effectively sealed the title.
So here you have a player whom despite being in his worst form the past few months, will still end the season having the 3rd most minutes of all outfield players(excluding ederson), currently joint 3rd for goals with 14 and 2nd in assists with 11. Clearly this is a player who has been of some value to the team this season despite his loss off form towards the end of it.
Maybe pep has lost trust in starting him in the most important games currently but certainly hasn't lost complete faith in him as a player seeing he started him in the league cup final. If I was to guess, Pep and the management view this season and the false 9 as an anomaly and something that can't be sustained long-term going forward especially with the highest goal-scorer being a central midfielder with 17. Hence the seemingly huge priority of the signing of a top class striker in the summer. If that is to be the case he would probably feel having a focal point to lead the line would be what will help get sterling back into form and performing to the standards he has the past few seasons.
Thankfully this is a manager who doesn't base a player's overall quality or potential contribution on a few months of poor form because if he were to listen to many here, the likes of gundogan, stones, mahrez and even bernardo would all be sold by now.