meeesh
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Good shout,don’t think we will have to endure the same outcome though somehow
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Raheem Sterling | Arsenal Player (on loan)
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Good shout,don’t think we will have to endure the same outcome though somehow
OrigamiNinja
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Rarely, if ever happens because fans are so tribal. I doubt most City fans would feel this was the best for all concerned had Sterling not had a couple of poor seasons. Imagine he was making a move to Chelsea after 17/18 and 18/19 seasons...meltdown.Out of interest, can anyone remember the last time a domestic rival signed another club's star players where almost everyone agreed it was a good financial and sporting deal for everyone involved??
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possibly our worse transfer mistake ever .
That was buying Grealish,did you not get the memo?
Saddleworth2
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What a contribution he has made to us. Goals and assists. He has been crucial part of our titles since Pep arrived. Without his cross to Gundo, who know…..
Yes he had his faults but he represented us and has left us with a great deal of class. I wish him well with Chelsea and the rest of his career and look forward to greeting him back at the Etihad.
Yes he had his faults but he represented us and has left us with a great deal of class. I wish him well with Chelsea and the rest of his career and look forward to greeting him back at the Etihad.
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To be honest I don't think it's that great a deal for all parties, for Chelsea I don't think it's what they should be prioritising. For Sterling I don't see swapping us for another P/L team as a step up or a big enough new start. As for us we are losing a very good player and getting a decent price for somebody with one year left but I'd have preffered he extended with us.Out of interest, can anyone remember the last time a domestic rival signed another club's star players where almost everyone agreed it was a good financial and sporting deal for everyone involved??
meeesh
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To be honest I don't think it's that great a deal for all parties, for Chelsea I don't think it's what they should be prioritising. For Sterling I don't see swapping us for another P/L team as a step up or a big enough new start. As for us we are losing a very good player and getting a decent price for somebody with one year left but I'd have preffered he extended with us.
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So a bad deal all around?To be honest I don't think it's that great a deal for all parties, for Chelsea I don't think it's what they should be prioritising. For Sterling I don't see swapping us for another P/L team as a step up or a big enough new start. As for us we are losing a very good player and getting a decent price for somebody with one year left but I'd have preffered he extended with us.
blueparrot
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Yes please, if you're offering.Money
meeesh
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Yes please, if you're offering.
Stretch to a fiver if that’s any good to you,unfortunately I wasn’t on at 14/1 for him to sign for Chelsea this window unlike some jammy sods were
blueparrot
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Not su much bad, I think us especially will be just fine, and we had little choice I just don't see it as a particulary great deal for any party. I find it a very odd transfer.So a bad deal all around?
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Let's try to keep things fairly civilised on here, please. No need to be having digs at other posters.
He might want to move back to LondonNot su much bad, I think us especially will be just fine, and we had little choice I just don't see it as a particulary great deal for any party. I find it a very odd transfer.
How reliable is this source though? I won't believe it until it's on the OS!
Tier 3 at best, need to wait until Romano taps it in at the far post.
blueparrot
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Maybe ,though in the past he's said London wouldn't be good for him. He's older now and that may have changed but I don't think he was particularly missing it.He might want to move back to London
It's about the right time for both city and sterling to move on, it's been done the right way and no bitterness or name-calling and blaming anybody, plus the club got back their investment from Liverpool so again good bit of business
sterling, was not everybody's cup of tea, and It's easy to pick out why ? But nobody can say he was not 100%, and he did give everything to help the club and pep, but for me sterling was not a natural striker and should not have been labelled as a striker, this is where the problem started with sterling and the pressure it put on him under pep
the club should have not just been happy with just going with a single striker in aguero for 4 or 5 years because we all knew aguero was injury prone, so it put the pressure on the others to score the goals and sterling was one of them
it's funny but sterling did score plenty of goals, but every time he missed it was the miss that stuck out the most
good luck to sterling, and you won us plenty of silverware and earned our respect
sterling, was not everybody's cup of tea, and It's easy to pick out why ? But nobody can say he was not 100%, and he did give everything to help the club and pep, but for me sterling was not a natural striker and should not have been labelled as a striker, this is where the problem started with sterling and the pressure it put on him under pep
the club should have not just been happy with just going with a single striker in aguero for 4 or 5 years because we all knew aguero was injury prone, so it put the pressure on the others to score the goals and sterling was one of them
it's funny but sterling did score plenty of goals, but every time he missed it was the miss that stuck out the most
good luck to sterling, and you won us plenty of silverware and earned our respect
Fair enough. I thought it was a great deal for at least us and Sterling. And a good deal for Chelsea.Not su much bad, I think us especially will be just fine, and we had little choice I just don't see it as a particulary great deal for any party. I find it a very odd transfer.
We get 50 million for a player with 1 year left who's not happy with the role he finds himself in.
Sterling gets paid the most money he has ever been paid. (Apparently more than we were offering) and potentially a starting role.
I say potentially ( as Chelsea's manager is kinda like Pep.) You have to proof you deserve it. Your money cost don't matter. But still.
It's good for Chelsea coz they had to change something up.
As for step up. There are no step ups from Real, Barca, Bayern, Liverpool and us. As it currently stands, those 5 are the top teams in Europe. Maybe not Barca at this very moment.
When you play at one of type teams, there are only lateral moves. But you can challenge yourself by going to a slightly lesser team and willing them to greatness.
So overall I thought it was a great deal for everyone.