More on Sterling, from the perspective of what is best for us in footballing terms:
- Why is a 20 year old bullying the team? (though to be fair FSG have been silent on it--Rodgers apparently told him he's not going anywhere, so that's his credibility on the line).
- Doesn't matter whether he's the finished article or not--he's 20. He's not been rested nearly enough and he's played most of this season as a striker and a wing-back.
- HE's not the finished article, but he has a huge upside. I strongly disagree with the Lennon and lazy SWP comparisons. Sterling's already shown IMO he' s not simply a speed merchant. Put him around even better players like Aguero, Sanchez as wide attacker or no. 10 and he'll contribute even off the bench. Fellow LFC fans scoffing that he would rot on the bench elsewhere are missing the point.
- Now, if a big fee comes in--40M + then you think about it. BUT:
1. Would YOU trust our transfer committee to reinvest the funds?
2. How can we signal ambition and then sell our 2nd best player to another EPL team?
3. How can we be selling the club to transfer targets and then hemorrhaging our best players?
Actually, on 2nd thoughts you don't think about selling him this season because.....
- Shit, he's not even on the last year of his contract. Put the foot down, make him play another season and see where we end up.
- We have a bunch of 20-24 who will have contract negotiations up soon and how we handle Sterling will be illustrative.