#7 | Raheem Sterling - 2021/22 Performances

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With today’s buildup (Sterling at the press-conference, a tweet from City about Sterling’s last performance vs RM) I’m getting the sense he’s starting tommorow.
 
Pedestrian said:
How many players have left on a free?
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I am asking you to justify letting every player to leave for free? How would we manage to buy future players and avoid FFP?

Commercial income and success on the pitch contributes massively to income but we still need to recoup some sort of transfer fee. When we purchased Grealish, pep had to justify the outlay by citing player sales.

It is akin to buying a new car and after 5 years I decided to give it away for nothing because the car has done its job and got me from A to B. Although if I happen to improve the cars performance, I would expect to sell it for a profit, age would be a factor but not a deterrent. Log book is up to date :)

Have you ever purchased an item and then have it away? Rag shirt not included.
 
wolviedinho said:
I am asking you to justify letting every player to leave for free? How would we manage to buy future players and avoid FFP?

Commercial income and success on the pitch contributes massively to income but we still need to recoup some sort of transfer fee. When we purchased Grealish, pep had to justify the outlay by citing player sales.

It is akin to buying a new car and after 5 years I decided to give it away for nothing because the car has done its job and got me from A to B. Although if I happen to improve the cars performance, I would expect to sell it for a profit, age would be a factor but not a deterrent. Log book is up to date :)

Have you ever purchased an item and then have it away? Rag shirt not included.
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This isn’t new and most clubs have managed losing the odd player free perfectly well. We aren’t talking cars, its people who are all different, the alternative of holding onto plaayers when the contract ends isn’t right.
Not sure why Sterling should sign a new one if he is unsure what he wants for the last few years of his career. Maybe the club would rather keep him a year than get a fee too. Maybe we’ll sell him this summer, Maybe he’ll sign a new contract, We don’t know.
 
Even though Raheem is off form, he was incredible last time he played Madrid. I'd start him, i think he can have a field day against Carvajal. He really does need a big performance in a big game, he hasn't had one imo since early 2020, ironically against Madrid.
 
Transfer fee is what someone is prepared to pay, not what fans think he is worth. Obvs. No doubt it can divide opinion, JG's fee being the latest.
Personally, i look at Kun's trophy haul, and conclude that the club are pretty good at what they do, and therefore happy to trust them. Easy way out for sure, and a million miles away from having to sell SWP to CFC, and Franny to Derby, buying Steve Daley to "make a statement" and the fiasco of RSC, am confident we are in safe hands.
 
L4EV said:
With today’s buildup (Sterling at the press-conference, a tweet from City about Sterling’s last performance vs RM) I’m getting the sense he’s starting tommorow.
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He wouldn't be on my team sheet but a lot depends on who we play at the back. His pace and energy could be needed. And even if he can miss chances, he has scored a shit tonne for City and is generally always a threat. I don't think Real would be happy to see him on the pitch.
 
I feel for Raz. He knows that there are so many City fans who have taken a 'dislike' to him or who criticise his every move that it has affected his confidence (IMHO). I know from personal experience that if someone keeps criticising and scrutinising every move you make you start to not only doubt yourself but also start hesitating at things that a few months or a year ago you would have just gone for without a second thought.

I hope Raz renews his contract and stays with City, he is a good lad, a great player and just needs to rebuild his confidence. Maybe a few renditions of 'There's only one Raheem Sterling, one Raheem Sterling' might help now and again instead of collective groans!

Just my humble opinion and thoughts. He's a City player and deserves our support. Well he gets mine. :-)
 
Newman Noggs said:
Well it isn't really is it ? All of those players were at the end of their career and had negligible resale value.
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They all served out their contracts and left to carry on playing, at the top level for Aguero.

To be honest, any City fan who compares Raheem Sterling at City to Pogba at United can do one, I shouldn't have replied.
 
K-Bo said:
Enjoyed the article, but honestly I think the disconnect between sterling and the city fans has more to do with his business like demeanor and displaying less than zero affection or connection to City as a club despite being here for 7 years. If you compare him to Kompany, Zaba or even de Bruyne. There just isn't a sense he cares about City. Which is fine, not every player is like that or can be like that and if they deliver goals and points for City that's fantastic. But when there's no connection, it's purely about doing it on the pitch, when you have bad form like sterling has had in recent years then there's no sympathy or desire for you to get good again, people just want you gone instead.

But man is running down his deal so he can walk over the road to one of our rivals right now, and no legend of the club would be doing that. I think his Legacy will be a bit like Tevez or something in the end. Appreciated and important but with asterisks. No statue for him.
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What has KDB ever done differently to sterling to show he cares for the club? Or that he has an affection to the fans? Or that he doesn’t have a business like demeanour?
 
wolviedinho said:
It is akin to buying a new car and after 5 years I decided to give it away for nothing because the car has done its job and got me from A to B.
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That's a pretty shit take.

We never bought Raheem Sterling. We don't own him. We paid his previous club a fee in order to register him as our player before his contract there expired. Beyond that, we pay him a wage as an employee.

The fact that you're comparing him to an inanimate object and seem to think that he is our property is actually pretty telling.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
That's a pretty shit take.

We never bought Raheem Sterling. We don't own him. We paid his previous club a fee in order to register him as our player before his contract there expired. Beyond that, we pay him a wage as an employee.

The fact that you're comparing him to an inanimate object and seem to think that he is our property is actually pretty telling.
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Nothing telling about it. My view is very simple. The club paid a fee for a player and when the players moves to another club we should receive a fee. Everything in between is just noise. My opinion or your opinion or how you view players is not the issue. The club is a business not a charity.

The original point is that no matter the player.I take the view that if they want to move the club is entitled to receive a fee and not be screwed by said player. I have repeated this point enough now to leave the discussion at this point.
 
wolviedinho said:
Nothing telling about it. My view is very simple. The club paid a fee for a player and when the players moves to another club we should receive a fee. Everything in between is just noise. My opinion or your opinion or how you view players is not the issue. The club is a business not a charity.

The original point is that no matter the player.I take the view that if they want to move the club is entitled to receive a fee and not be screwed by said player. I have repeated this point enough now to leave the discussion at this point.
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The club isn't a charity, but the player is?

Why is it that a multi-billion pound business should expect an employee to put it's financial interests above their own?
 
balotelli's back pocket said:
The club isn't a charity, but the player is?

Why is it that a multi-billion pound business should expect an employee to put it's financial interests above their own?
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Fair point. Just like many others on the forum.

Going by your reasoning City should have reduced his wages over the last few season to reflect his input. Why should a club suffer financially because a player is not performing to the required level? ;)

Player before club is not something I can get onboard with.
 
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