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[moomba]

Should Sterling refuse to go on the tour, LFC will immediately open negotiations with the PFA - over the appropriate punishment. (Mirror)

They keep bragging that he only earns £35k a week so they have him over a barrel.

Max 2 weeks fine is £70k, I don't think that'll bother him too much.

 

[CityForever45]

Oh well we'll get him for free in pair of years.... Lol i don't belive for 1 second they 'll let him root in reserves and lose 40 millions of pounds, it would be one of the most stupid things in the history of football

 

[Ric]

Walk away City they will regret it big time

So would we, I suspect. Not saying we should just bow to their demands, but it's easier said than done to just "walk away". Can't cut off our nose to spite our face.

Difficult position for Begiristain and Soriano. I trust they'll do the right thing though. Whatever that may be.

 

[Wolfkin]

Here is the link if anyone is interested.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-raheem-sterling-rot-reserves-6044517

 

[TCIB]

If it is rejected it is rejected, leave them with a very unhappy player and the need to recoupe some of their spending.

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Can't imagine that'd go down well with the media, but then again it is the istorious Liverpool, all Sterlings fault, never should pull on an England shirt again.

Liverpool do no wrong , look at the media treatment towards them from forever

 

[@BluePhil8]

No it wouldn't.

Ok, in my opinion it is. Currently the squad isn't capable of challenging on all 4 fronts. Yaya is another year older. We need world class additions and Sterling would improve our first team, with the added bonus of being home grown and young. He also plays in a problem position for us. Pogba will be hard to attain and I have no idea who our second targets are. Hamsik is the only one I've hears and he's not what we need at all.

So please tell me if we miss out on Sterling, who can we realistically sign who's just as good?

 

[waspish]

Telegraph reporting that our "final" bid will be rejected too.

no surprise really with weeks to go of the transfer window they think we will pay 50m

 

[sam-caddick]

We will just hold on until they give in.

Liverpool won't let a 40m pound asset just rot away just to make a statement, how idiotic would that be, all just to prove they are still a big club?

 

[TCIB]

Here is the link if anyone is interested.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-raheem-sterling-rot-reserves-6044517

Blues set to make a written bid of £40m plus £4m in add-ons this weekend but Anfield top brass are in the mood to hang onto rebel star until January

Liverpool’s owners are prepared to let Raheem Sterling rot in the reserves rather than allow him to leave on the cheap.

Manchester City launched their new bid for the youngster when they made contact with Liverpool on Friday, and have made it clear they will follow that up on Saturday with a formal written offer of £40million, plus £4m in add-ons.

But the Reds' Fenway powerbrokers in Boston are ready to dig in their heels over their demand of £50m or no deal.

Sterling has told the club categorically he will not be on the plane when the rest of the squad flies off to the Far East on Sunday for the start of the pre-season tour.

He missed two days of training this week through illness but did return to the Melwood training ground on Friday to take part in two sessions before and after lunch, as well as joining the squad at a hotel for a meal in-between.

But the club are taking advice over the contractual implications, should Sterling fail to report on Sunday, and they will immediately open negotiations with the PFA - who offered to act as mediators - over the level of punishment appropriate to the situation.

That usually means a fine of two-weeks' wages – around £70,000 in this case – but can in fact be a lot more, depending on the circumstances and the PFA’s stance.

Worse for the player though, is the attitude in Boston.

Owners John Henry, Mike Gordon and Tom Werner have been distinctly unimpressed with his actions this week in trying to force a move, and in attacking manager Brendan Rodgers in the process.

City are determined to get their man, but will make it clear this is a final offer and that they are not prepared to reach the £50m figure that would resolve the dispute.

The Reds’ American top-brass would eventually accept a bid that goes through the £50m barrier, but have now made clear they are prepared to sit the situation out if it doesn’t – which would condemn Sterling to spending months in the reserves until the transfer window reopens in January.

The player still has two years left on his contract, and Liverpool's owners are adamant their plans for further summer spending are NOT related to the sale of the 20-year-old England international.

Even if they manage to agree a £30m fee for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, the American trio are happy to swallow that loss for six months as they refuse to back down from ther tough stance they have taken with City.