Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

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The Barca rumours are nonsense that were created by his Agent to get more and more money. Sterling has no intention of leaving except at the end of his contract for free. He's just playing City the way Milner did. If we did manage to sell him in January, it would be for relative peanuts and then with us offsetting his salary for the remaining twelve months. Because of the wages we pay, we can never get much for players. Just look at Hart as an example. We "sold" him for three million, but then had to give him all of it to offset his lower salary otherwise he wouldn't leave.
 
CityBlu said:
The Barca rumours are nonsense that were created by his Agent to get more and more money. Sterling has no intention of leaving except at the end of his contract for free. He's just playing City the way Milner did. If we did manage to sell him in January, it would be for relative peanuts and then with us offsetting his salary for the remaining twelve months. Because of the wages we pay, we can never get much for players. Just look at Hart as an example. We "sold" him for three million, but then had to give him all of it to offset his lower salary otherwise he wouldn't leave.
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If he plays funny buggers its would be very damaging to his marketability, demand, and form. If your hypothetical situation went ahead and we reciprocated and benched him permanently...He would be going into his late 20's looking for his last big contract and then expecting big money based off shit form and nothing but bench in his last years.

Plus he's already stated he'd like to play in spain. If he wants playtime and that is the most important thing, as he's also previously suggested, then he'll move sooner rather than later.
 
CityBlu said:
The Barca rumours are nonsense that were created by his Agent to get more and more money. Sterling has no intention of leaving except at the end of his contract for free. He's just playing City the way Milner did. If we did manage to sell him in January, it would be for relative peanuts and then with us offsetting his salary for the remaining twelve months. Because of the wages we pay, we can never get much for players. Just look at Hart as an example. We "sold" him for three million, but then had to give him all of it to offset his lower salary otherwise he wouldn't leave.
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Sterling wants play time before the World Cup, which could always be his last. It wasn’t his agent who gave interviews saying he wants to play abroad, or made him fight with Pep or look unhappy on the pitch. We could design a advantageous swap involving him
 
If he's not happy here, winning PL titles, CC Cups, FA Cups and getting to CL finals then we need to move him on. If he thinks he's got a better chance of winning more medals at Barcelona - a basket case - than here, the sooner he goes the better.

He been pretty much dreadful for over a year and won't be missed.

We won't get a decent fee from them so we need to find a good swap deal or two. If swaps are involved, we can make out we got £100m for him and they can make out they got him for £50m - a win/win for both clubs.

I still can't make out why he wants to play for a club that clearly are in trouble and have a a real chance of going bust.
 
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I still can't make out why he wants to play for a club that clearly are in trouble and have a a real chance of going bust.
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He's still a relatively young lad who possibly thinks (rightly or wrongly) that he's 'hit the buffers' at City, and may no longer see himself as one of the top dogs at the club.

Mahrez and Bernardo have claimed the right side of the attack; Foden and Grealish, the left. Raheem hasn't shown any real sign of adapting to the 'false nine' role, and knows that the arrival of a new striker will close that door for him.

Taking those points into account, it's easy to see why the media may see Raheem as a viable target for a club like Barcelona.

Barcelona for their part, would almost certainly welcome a chance to sign Raheem, being in a position to almost guarantee him a regular start in the team.

The lad's made his millions and won trophies galore at City. It's now probably more about the World Cup 2022 and feeling wanted. If he wants a move, it's no surprise.
 
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