I've got no interest in what he's paid or in how much more he wants.Define a good while? There's no argument against him struggling, but he struggled for form towards end of last season, and then it's carried on for less than 10 games into this season. It's demanding, and yes he should do better, but a while is a massive stretch. He wasn't getting picked ahead of Foden last season in big games (aside the final which was a Pep special for the lineup). It's almost cliche now but football moves too fast, one bad game and you lose your touch, then you struggle for a bit.
Everyone suggesting he should leave or go as if he isn't an established member of the squad who knows the club, the demands and as if a replacement is just going to sort that right away is massively mistaken. You try to fix this, and see how it goes till end of season. Else the door is open, he can go, or he can take up the new offer (if there is one), stay patient, and it'll just be a matter of time before he finds form. It's in everyone's best interest, imo, that we keep him.
Bit odd to me that when you mention CL failures and rant away at Pep after a loss, some of the fans in here remind you of the shite times, they say this present is a privilege so fuck a loss, no one cares. But when it comes to a player, a lot just join in on the hate bandwagon and scapegoating certain players post a loss, instead of remembering the shite players we had in the past. So what if Sterling has lost a bit of form? Funny how that works ain't it. We act like a very entitled fanbase sometimes, as if Sterling's form is not as big an issue simply because we have depth, this is exactly why we have depth. He's our player and instead of supporting him through a bad patch we are acting like the dippers in portraying him as greedy.
My sole interest is in him bucking up his football performances for this club.
If he does then great, if he doesn't then I'm sure the club will decide what next to do