Raheem Sterling - Done - See main forum

Status
Not open for further replies.
Marvin said:
Can LFC afford to drag this out? They need to rebuild themselves and with the new stand and lack of European football, I'd have thought that they would need to sell in order to buy
Click to expand...
Kinda true, but the new TV deal gave a load of cash so they aren't in that desperate need to sell right away. They can wait it out.
 
Danamy said:
Bluemoon at it's best, slagging a lad that hasn't even kicked a ball for us yet.

Don't judge him on last season, judge him on the season before playing alongside a world class striker in Suarez, Aguero will bring the best out of him like Suarez did.

He'll be an improvement to the squad and HG, i can't see what the issue is here?
Click to expand...

I think, and I'll put myself in this camp (although I'm starting to claw my way out), that some posters are having a difficult time in believing that his future potential is not incongruous with his present hefty price-tag. Whether that's in some part down to a perception that we have previously been burned with young(ish) 'home grown' players, such as Rodwell, Jhonson, Sinclair - even though we received great fees for the first two, I'm not sure.

More importantly for some is the fact that paying anything between £30 and £45 million opens us up to a shit load of flak if he bombs, and this is, I think, another 'fear' that is at the forefront of a section of our supporter's minds - possibly down to the drip (flood at certain times) of negative press that we have endured since the take over. You can see the headlines now: CITY STERLING CRASH, VALUE OF STERLING PLUMMETS etc.

Real spend £80 million on Bale, and do you think their fans give a single fuck about the price tag? Not a chance. They've been feeding at the top table for so long that they're completely comfortable with spending skip loads: they expect to spend skip loads, and if their new signing fails, so what, there's plenty more fish in the sea and money in the bank. I think that some of our fans feel like a working class lad made good, who feels intimidated and out of place eating at a top restaurant; even though he's probably got more cash in the bank than the suits already troughing, it somehow feels wrong to be so lavish and profligate, especially when the suits might look at you, and mumble nasty things in between their courses of Isco and Neymar: "Fuck it, I'll go to the 'all you can eat' down the road."

Ultimately, I think we as supporters need to grow a thicker skin, and understand what is needed to 'play the game' in the transfer market. If we buy Sterling for £40 million and he becomes the player the club hopes and believes, then a decade of quality performances will make £40 million seem like a bargain. If his development stalls, or even regresses, then so be it. Sell at a loss and move on to the next possible uncut and unpolished diamond, because that is exactly what the 'top' clubs in Europe have been doing for a long time, and they don't give a fuck what anybody thinks.
 
Last edited:
Marvin said:
Can LFC afford to drag this out? They need to rebuild themselves and with the new stand and lack of European football, I'd have thought that they would need to sell in order to buy
Click to expand...

I'd agree Marvin, also if they need to sign a replacement for him they could do with having his future sorted soon for their own benefit.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
✖
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.