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Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling has been offered an "incredible" new contract, but will not get "too much too young", according to manager Brendan Rodgers.
The 20-year-old's current deal runs until 2017, but a new contract has been on the table for more than a month.
"The club has offered an incredible deal for a young player," Rodgers said.
Brendan Rodgers: Sterling 'offered wonderful deal'
"[But] if they get too much, too young then it really sabotages their development."
Rodgers added: "It is very important for young players, not just Raheem, that they have something to strive for.
"If they are given sound advice they will see that. It is about mapping out the career of a player. It is not just about this deal.
"In Raheem's case, we believe this will be the best place for him and I believe he knows that as well.
I have spoken to Raheem a number of times and he is very happy here and I think you see that in his game."
England international Sterling has been
linked with Real Madrid and
Chelsea but Rodgers said Liverpool will not pay over the odds to secure his future at Anfield.
"What he has been granted here is an opportunity - we see it with lots of young players - and they get rewarded for that," Rodgers said.
"But we are certainly not a club who are going to give out way, way above what a player is worth at a certain time in a career.